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Historical Event on 2/11/1979

Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1930Balmurlikrishna, famous singer, was born.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
12/25/1889Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.