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Historical Event on 1/11/1999
Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1983 | Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results. |
| 6/25/1996 | Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 2/28/1988 | Jaydev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 9/14/1910 | Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/25/1899 | Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 10/6/1954 | Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
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