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Historical Event on 11/8/1927

Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.