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Historical Event on 8/11/1954
Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 1/24/1980 | E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala. |
| 1/24/1980 | 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. |
| 9/11/1824 | Shivling Surge died at Alpayu. |
| 3/31/1904 | British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans. |
| 4/1/1963 | Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed. |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 6/30/1917 | Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92. |
| 8/9/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain. |
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