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Historical Event on 3/11/1915
Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 8/8/1972 | Olympics open at Munich (26). |
| 6/27/1839 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 2/25/1999 | The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively. |
| 6/14/1886 | Orphanage for little girls was established. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
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