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Historical Event on 1/11/1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1962After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
12/24/1809Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.