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Historical Event on 4/11/1913

Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
4/9/1893Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
11/5/1995Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.