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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
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.