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Historical Event on 2/11/1847

Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
7/16/1856Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972