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Historical Event on 11/3/1986

Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
10/24/1984First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.