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Events for February 11

11-February-1527	Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
11-February-1818	Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
11-February-1847	Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
11-February-1861	Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
11-February-1906	Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
11-February-1913	Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa)
11-February-1933	The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933.
11-February-1933	First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hi
11-February-1935	Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
11-February-1942	Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.
11-February-1944	Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.
11-February-1959	Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
11-February-1968	Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
11-February-1977	B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.
11-February-1977	Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
11-February-1979	Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
11-February-1979	Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
11-February-1980	Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
11-February-1981	Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
11-February-1989	Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
11-February-1993	Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
11-February-1993	Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
11-February-1993	Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
11-February-1993	Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. (11/2 or 25/2)
11-February-1996	Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
11-February-1996	Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
11-February-1997	A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
11-February-1997	India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
11-February-1997	NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
11-February-1998	Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
11-February-1998	The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
11-February-1999	12 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar.
11-February-2001	Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.