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Historical Event on 11/2/1885
Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/22/1905 | Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind). |
| 11/21/1973 | Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 4/6/1978 | Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/12/1996 | Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends. |
| 9/5/1998 | University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike. |
| 12/27/1926 | Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK. |
| 7/4/1897 | Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
| 2/20/1992 | Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away. |
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