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Historical Event on 8/11/1922
Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 3/1/1908 | Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 11/17/1999 | India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
| 6/30/1984 | W. R. Dhavle, editor, died. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 3/27/1878 | Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
| 3/23/1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away. |
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