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Historical Event on 2/11/1997

NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1893Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
11/1/1936Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.