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Historical Event on 4/11/1913

Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 

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9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
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11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
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