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1877 American astronomic Asaph Hall discovered two moons And named them Phobos and Deimos of Planet Mars
1942 Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil received a patent for a frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system That later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi
1943 CD Deshmukh became the first Governor of Reserve Bank of India
1952 Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan was named successor to his schizophrenic father King Talal
1961 Former Portuguese territories Dadra and Nagar Haveli merged into India as Union Territories
1962 Chad became independent from France
1965 Violent race riots began in Watts area of Los Angeles
2004 The first license for the cloning of human embryos issued in the United Kingdom
2008 Indian Shooter Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal for the men’s 10m Air Rifle final ( Beijing Olympic)
2013 Janata Party lead by Dr Subhramanyam Swami merged into Bhartiya Janata Party
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 11
1928 Ramashreya Jha, a distinguished composer, musician, scholar and teacher of Hindustani Classical music
1943 Parvez Musharraf Pakistani General, and Politician He served as the 10th president of Pakistan
1950 Steve Wozniak American computer scientist, and programmer co-founded Inc
1954 Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and Umpire
1961 Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor
1983 Chris Hemsworth Australian actor Best known for his role as Thor in Avenger movie
1985 Jacqueline Fernandez Indian-Shri Lankan Actress
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 11
1596 Hamnet Shakespeare, son of Shakespeare
1908 Khudiram Bose Indian Bengali revolutionary freedom fighter
1956 Jackson Pollock, Painter
1970 Iravati Karve Indian Anthropologist, Socialist, educationist, and writer as well
2000 Usha Mehta, a Gandhian and freedom fighter of India
2014 Robin Williams American actor
2016 Pramukh Swami Maharaj Hindu Religious leader
2020 Rahat Indori, Indian Urdu poet and songwriter
What happened in India on 11 August
11-August-1347
Allau’d-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau’d-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as ‘Hasanabad’.
11-August-1893
First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
11-August-1908
Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as “Martyr’s Day” in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
11-August-1911
Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
11-August-1916
Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
11-August-1922
Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
11-August-1954
Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
11-August-1954
Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80′), was born in Ludhiana.
11-August-1956
The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
11-August-1961
Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
11-August-1984
A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
11-August-1993
Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.
11-August-1997
135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
11-August-1997
Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
11-August-1999
The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
11-August-1999
Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
11-August-2000
Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
11-August-2000
The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
11-August-2000
Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.