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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1964Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.