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Historical Event on 2/11/1959

Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
10/31/1963Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.