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Historical Event on 8/11/1893
First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/22/1996 | Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 7/12/1896 | Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born. |
| 3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
| 2/21/1983 | More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 10/21/1996 | Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India. |
| 5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
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