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Historical Event on 11/8/1965

British Indian Ocean Territory formed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
2/5/1919Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.