Year 1613
Mughal emperor Jahangir allowed the East India Company to set up a factory in Surat.
JANUARY 11
Daily Historical Chronicle
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11 January: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 11 January.
Year 1759
The first life insurance company launched in Philadelphia, USA.
Year 1787
William Herschel discovered the moons of Uranus, Titania, and Oberon.
Year 1922
Insulin was used for the first time to treat diabetes.
Year 1942
Japan annexed Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
Year 1966
Gulzarilal Nanda became the caretaker Prime Minister of India.
Year 1972
East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
Year 1972
Abu Saeed Chaudhary became the first President, and Sheikh Mujib Ur-Rehman became the first Prime Minister in Bangladesh.
Year 1999
Ordinance issued by the Central Government for repealing the Maximum Landholding Act.
Year 2000
Establishment of Chhattisgarh High Court.
Year 2001
S. P. Bharucha became the 30th Chief Justice of India.
Year 2009
Slumdog Millionaire received Best Film Award at the 66th Golden Globe Awards.
Born 1755
Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Born 1815
Sir John Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada.
Born 1842
William James, an American philosopher, and psychologist.
Born 1859
Lord Curzon, British diplomat and Viceroy of India.
Born 1898
Vi. Sa. Khandekar, an Indian Marathi writer.
Born 1944
Shibu Soren, an Indian politician who thrice served as Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Born 1951
M. J. Akbar, an Indian journalist, and politician.
Born 1954
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian social reformer.
Born 1958
Babulal Marandi, an Indian Politician. He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Born 1973
Rahul Dravid, a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team.
Died 1928
Thomas Hardy, an English novelist, and poet.
Died 1954
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, a British politician.
Died 1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri, an Indian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of India.
Died 1978
Ibn-e-Insha, an Indo-Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist.
Died 1997
Bhabatosh Datta, a noted Indian economist, academic, and writer.
Died 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. He became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Died 2014
Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)