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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
12/25/1879Sadhu T.L. Vaswani (1879-1966), altruistic Sindhi poet and servant of God, who found several Hindu missions in India and seven Mira Educational Institutions in his lifetime, was born.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.