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Historical Event on 11/11/1958

Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
11/7/1991Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
7/18/1634Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
2/18/1895Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District.
7/21/1930Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born.
12/26/1921Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P).
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
3/11/1784Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.