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Historical Event on 7/11/2000

Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.