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Historical Event on 1/11/1996
Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 10/30/1883 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
| 4/24/1998 | 24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 8/5/1965 | Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
| 5/12/1999 | Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit. |
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