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Historical Event on 2/11/2001

Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
4/16/1993The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state.
4/14/1891Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.