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Historical Event on 11/6/1962
National Defence Council established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 7/3/1898 | Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 4/12/1997 | Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
| 6/17/1928 | Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 10/27/1982 | Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died. |
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