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Historical Event on 11/7/1990

Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1919Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
8/29/1992Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, .
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.