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Historical Event on 6/11/1931

Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
7/22/1987A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.