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Historical Event on 11/7/1950
King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 1/12/1708 | Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
| 6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 8/16/1997 | Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
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