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Historical Event on 11/11/2000

Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
8/25/1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
3/11/1915Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
2/6/1887Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.