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Historical Event on 4/11/1984

Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1955Avadi session of the Indian National Congress adopts a socialistic pattern of society for India.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.