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Historical Event on 2/11/1847

Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
1/9/1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.