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Historical Event on 6/11/1983

Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.