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Historical Event on 11/11/1998

India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
2/19/1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/16/1929Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.