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Historical Event on 12/11/1931
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1984 | An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 2/11/1977 | Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office. |
| 1/7/1997 | Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting. |
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