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Historical Event on 2/11/1977
Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 1/15/1988 | Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 2/11/1993 | Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 2/23/1993 | India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
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