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Historical Event on 2/11/1980
Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 9/9/1920 | Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
| 6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 11/9/1997 | Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards. |
| 12/24/1762 | Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
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