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Historical Event on 12/11/1958

Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
4/4/1912Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
2/1/1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
12/1/1921Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.