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Historical Event on 11/6/1950

King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
11/2/1999BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.