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Historical Event on 1/11/1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
8/3/1780British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.