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Historical Event on 11/8/1966
Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1965	Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
5/31/1968	F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
4/6/1968	Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
10/11/1991	BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
1/1/1992	This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"".
8/15/1947	The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
10/15/1686	Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
6/26/1997	India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
1/24/1966	Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
9/10/2000	Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.

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