Year 1770
Great Barrier Reef, Captain James Cook discovered Australia.
JUNE 11
Daily Historical Chronicle
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11 June: 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 June.
Observances & Special Days
Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii, United States)
Student Day (Honduras)
Year 1866
The Allahabad High Court was established, formerly known as the Agra High Court.
Year 1930
A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring much more.
Year 1946
Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
Year 1964
As per Jawaharlal Nehru’s wish, the ashes of his bones were scattered all over the country.
Year 1964
Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London.
Year 1973
The Pennsylvania Justice Department approved a ruling that allowed women to get the license for boxing and wrestling.
Year 1976
Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
Year 1991
Microsoft released its MS-DOS 5.0 operating system.
Year 2002
United States Congress acknowledged that Antonio Meucci was the first inventor of the telephone.
Born 1815
Julia Margaret Cameron, a British photographer.
Born 1894
Kiichiro Toyoda, a Japanese businessman and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda.
Born 1897
Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian revolutionary.
Born 1948
Lalu Prasad, an Indian politician.
Born 1901
Pramathanath Bishi, professor, and Hindi writer were born.
Born 1907
Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, the famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat.
Born 1921
Snehlata, the social reformer, and politician were born at Mathura, U.P.
Born 1931
Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
Born 1932
Minu Modi, the famous industrialist, was born.
Died 1727
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Died 1950
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, a Marathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India.
Died 1962
Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor, and director (b. 1900)
Died 1983
Ghanshyam Das Birla, a pioneering Indian businessman.
Died 1997
Mihir Sen, an Indian long-distance swimmer, and businessman.
Died 2000
Rajesh Pilot, an Indian politician.