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Historical Event on 2/11/1959

Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
9/3/1997Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel.
9/3/1997Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.