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Historical Event on 6/11/1976

Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.