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Historical Event on 1/11/1859
Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 1/25/1957 | Kashmir becomes Indian state. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 6/3/1995 | Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP. |
| 11/1/1992 | Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 1/17/1905 | Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988. |
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