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Historical Event on 2/11/1977

B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.