11 JUL HISTORY TODAY 

Today in Indian History
Events for July 11

11-July-1630	Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
11-July-1832	British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
11-July-1882	Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
11-July-1897	Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
11-July-1924	Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi.
11-July-1953	Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra)
11-July-1957	Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League.
11-July-1964	M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
11-July-1973	India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
11-July-1979	The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
11-July-1980	Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
11-July-1994	Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
11-July-1997	Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
11-July-1998	Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
11-July-1998	The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
11-July-2000	Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century--``Shatabdi Samman.''