HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Jan-11)

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Jan 11, 1983 :: GHANSHYAM Das BIRLA :: Died this day, he was an Indian .

Jan 11, 1980 :: NIGEL SHORT :: At the age of 14, on this day, this British chess player became the to be awarded the degree of International Master.

Jan 11, 1973 :: RAHUL DRAVID :: Born this day, he is an Indian . He is popularly known as " " of the Indian cricket.

Jan 11, 1972 :: BANGLADESH :: was renamed as Bangladesh on this day.

Jan 11, 1966 :: This day marks the sudden and sad demise of Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri, the of the Republic of India. He was also a significant figure in the Indian movement. After the declaration of ceasefire in Indo-Pak war of 1965, Shastri and Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan attended a summit in Tashkent (former USSR, now in modern ), organised by Alexei Kosygin. On 10 January 1966, Shastri and Khan signed the . The next day Shastri died supposedly of a . He was the only Indian Prime Minister, and indeed probably one of the few heads of government, to have .

Jan 11, 1944 :: SHIBU SOREN :: Born this day, he is an Indian .

Jan 11, 1943 :: CHINA :: On this day the gave up territorial rights in China.

Jan 11, 1935 :: Amelia EARHART :: On this day, she became the to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

Jan 11, 1922 :: INSULIN :: This day witnessed the first use of insulin to treat in a human patient.