Today Importance - 11th February

Today Importance - 11th February

11-February-1527

Babur declared war against Rana Sangram Singh.

11-February-1818

The British captured the 'Ajinktara' fort of the Marathas.

11-February-1847

Thomas Alva Edison, the great scientist and inventor of the electric light bulb, was born in Milan, Ohio.

11-February-1861

Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanian village of Bengal.

11-February-1906

The Daily Tribune started publication from Lahore.

11-February-1913

Educationist, politician and writer Surendranath Dwivedi was born in Khandsahi (Orissa).

11-February-1933

The outcome of the conference was the elimination of conflicts in the provinces, the establishment of a federal system at the centre, the separation of Sindh from Bombay, the introduction of communal awards by British Prime Minister Sir Ramsay MacDonald, and the publication of the White Paper. On Indian Reforms. 1933.

11-February-1933

The first edition of "Harijan", a weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi, was published from Pune in English and Hindi.

11-February-1935

Birth of famous Marathi novelist Lalita Narhar Bapat.

11-February-1942

Jamnalal Bajaj, the greatest industrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhian passed away.

11-February-1944

Buddhadeb Dasgupta, director (Charyachar, Civil War), is born.

11-February-1959

Vinoo Mankad played his last Test cricket (against West Indies in Delhi).

11-February-1968

Deendayal Upadhyay, great philosopher, writer, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh passed away.

11-February-1977

B.D. Jati became the second acting President of India.

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DAY OF THE YEAR,

International Day of Women and Girls in Science ,

Safer Internet Day , National Make a Friend Day , Canada 's Agriculture Day , Pro Sports Wives Day , National Peppermint patty  Day, Extra-terrestrial Culture Day, National Shut -in Visitation  Day , National Inventor's Day , National Don't cry over Spilled Milk Day , Grandmother Achievement Day , World Day of the Sick  , National Whit's shirt Day, Satisfied Staying Single Day,  Be Electronic Day ,   *****************************************************     

WEEK OF THE YEAR, 

Random Acts of Kindness Week , 

National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week, National Hero Week, International Week of Black Women in the Arts  , National Apprenticeship Week ,  Congenital Heart De fact Awareness Week , Tapeti Festival , Student Volunteering Week  , World Ag Expo , National Salute to Veteran Patients , pickle Time Week , Love a Mensah Week , National Green Week , Chastity Week , National Marriage Week ,  

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MONTH OF THE YEAR,

International Vegan Cuisine Month  , 

American Hearth Month , National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month , National Snack Food Month , Spay /Neater Awareness Month , National African American Read in , National Children's Dental Hearth Month , Human Relations Month , Feline Fixby Five Month , National Macadamia  Nut  Month , Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month , Berry Fresh Month , National Therapeutic Recreation Month, Marijuana Awareness Month , National Goat Yoga Month , Financial Aid Awareness Month , Adopt a Rescued Rabbit  Month , National Mend a Broken Heart Month , National Wedding Month , Canned Food Month ,North American Inclusion Month National Black History Month , Raynaud's  Awareness Month ,  Renaissance of the Hearth Month

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11-February-1977

India's 5th President Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977) passed away.

11-February-1979

The Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been declared a national monument.

11-February-1979

Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil 'Assistant Maharshi' passed away.

11-February-1980

Late Bengali historian Rameshchandra Majumdar.

11-February-1981

India vs Australia all out for 83 at the MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.

11-February-1989

Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.

11-February-1993

Andhra Naxalites released four of the six hostages.

11-February-1993

Naik sacked six ministers in Maharashtra.

11-February-1993

The Center has banned BJP's rally in the capital on 25 February.

11-February-1993

Noted filmmaker, director and writer Kamal Amrohi passed away at the age of 76. He is most popular for Hindi movies like Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Ruler (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studios in Bombay in 1958.

11-February-1996

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is coming to India on a week-long visit.

11-February-1996

Wills World Cup Cricket was inaugurated in Kolkata.

11-February-1997

The New Delhi District Consumer Court observed that provision of drinking water in trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the Railways to provide it to passengers in reserved coaches.

11-February-1997

India and Russia have agreed on a package of measures for trade and economic cooperation after Foreign Minister IK Gujral's talks in Moscow.

11-February-1997

The NHRC has recommended action by the central government to prevent government employees from employing children below 14 years of age as domestic workers.

11-February-1998

CPI (ML) candidate from Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah was shot dead by suspected ULFA militants in Nehrani.

11-February-1998

Pro-Khalistan militant group Prime Minister I.K. Gujral conspired to kill Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Congress (I) leader Sonia Gandhi.

11-February-1999

Ranbir Sena shot dead 12 Dalits in Bihar's Narayanpur village.

11-February-2001

Objective type papers are prescribed in 28 cities of India.

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