Today Importance - 11th August

Today Importance - 11th August

11-Aug-1347

Alauddin Hasan Gangu alias Zafar Khan. To the south was the Muslim kingdom of the Bahmani dynasty in the form of Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji. He renamed his capital Gulbarga to Hasanabad.

11-Aug-1893

First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.

11-Aug-1908

On this day at the age of 19, Khudiram Bose was hanged at the Central Jail in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He along with cheerful Chucky planned to bomb a train carrying Kingsford, unfortunately they were betrayed and caught and eventually sentenced to death and hanged. This day is celebrated as 'Martyr's Day' in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today, soul-stirring songs composed in his honor are sung by Bengali folk-singers.

11-Aug-1911

Birth of great journalist Prem Bhatia.

11-Aug-1916

Birth of former army chief and warrior Gopal Raghunath Bevu.

11-Aug-1922

Birth of famous actor Manmohan Krishna.

11-Aug-1954

Madhireddy Venkateswara Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978–79), born in Secunderabad.

11-Aug-1954

Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman, 80), born in Ludhiana.

11-Aug-1956

Lok Sabha passed the State Reorganization Act.

11-Aug-1961

Dadra and Nagar Haveli were announced Association Regions.

11-Aug-1984

A haze of harmful synthetic compounds was set earlier today free from the Association Carbide plant close to Charleston, West Virginia, and no less than 135 occupants were treated for eye, throat and lung disturbance. Last December, 2,000 people died after a release of methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide plant in India. Plant officials said no MICs escaped today. Aldicarb oxime, a very mildly toxic gas, has been announced as a component of the gas cloud.

11-Aug-1993

Delhi's first Chief Minister and former Union Minister Brahma Prakash Chowdhury passed away.

11-Aug-1997

135 people died in flash floods in Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.

11-Aug-1997

Hundreds of people traveling on the Guwahati to Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape as an explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists detonated on the track near Guwahati.

11-Aug-1999

The last solar eclipse of the millennium was seen in India and northern France. This shroud endured 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

11-Aug-1999

Former India opener Ramnath Parker passed away in Mumbai.

11-Aug-2000

At the end of the eleventh and final round of the Smith and Williamson British Chess Championship in Somerset, Koneru Hampi was crowned the youngest British female chess champion.

11-Aug-2000

The World Bank has signed an agreement to provide $713 million in assistance to India for three infrastructure projects.

11-Aug-2000

Late Gandhian Usha Mehta.