Historical Events on October 11.

1. 1852, 11th October: The University of Sydney, Australia was established.

2. 1968, 11th October: NASA launched Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.

3. 1987, 11th October: India’s Peace Army launched Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. The campaign was waged to liberate Jaffna by ending the LTTE occupation.

4. 2000, 11th October: NASA launched STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

5. 2001, 11th October: V. S. Naipaul awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

6. 2001, 11th October: Polaroid Corporation declared bankruptcy.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 11.

1. 1876: Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer.

2. 1884: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, an American political figure, diplomat and activist.

3. 1902: Jayaprakash Narayan, an Indian freedom fighter.

4. 1916: (Chandikadas Amritrao) Nanaji Deshmukh, Padma Vibhushan, Indian social reformer.

5. 1930: Behram Contractor, also known as Busybee, Indian journalist, and columnist.

6. 1932: Suresh Dalal, Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian-Gujarati poet, writer, and editor.

7. 1942: Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, and producer.

8. 1946: Vijay Bhatkar, Indian scientist, the creator and founder of Param Supercomputer and C-DAC.

9. 1967: Altaf Raja, Indian Qawwali Singer.

10. 1972: Sanjay Banger, Indian cricketer, and coach.

11. 1993: Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 11.

1. 1809: Meriwether Lewis, an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator.

2. 1889: James Prescott Joule, a British physicist who proposed the theory of energy transition.

3. 1938: Baji Rout, the youngest Indian freedom fighter and martyr.

4. 1968: Manik Bandoji Ingle (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj), a spiritual saint from Maharashtra, India.

5. 1994: Kakasaheb Dandekar, Indian industrialist, founder of Camlin Industries.

6. 1996: William Spencer Vickrey, Canadian-born professor of economics, and Nobel Laureate.

7. 1997: Vipul Kanti Saha, internationally renowned sculptor.

8. 2000: Donald Dewar, Scotland’s first minister.

9. 2007: Chinmoy Kumar Ghosh (Shri Chinmoy), Indian spiritual guru.

10. 2019: Robert Forster, an American actor. 

11. 2019: Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, and the first human to conduct a spacewalk. 

11-October-1737

A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.

11-October-1876

Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.

11-October-1894

Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.

11-October-1902

Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.

11-October-1923

Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.

11-October-1927

Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.

11-October-1941

Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.

11-October-1962

Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.

11-October-1968

Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj took Samadhi at Gurukunj Ashram, Amravati. He was involved in social reforms in rural regions of Maharashtra and started many development programs, including construction of roads. He also wrote GramGeeta which describes means for village development. He had also attended a World Religions and World Peace Conference in Japan. Nagpur University is renamed as "Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University" in his honor.

11-October-1984

Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died.

11-October-1986

Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania.

11-October-1988

Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.

11-October-1991

BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.

11-October-1991

Meghalaya placed under President's rule.

11-October-1991

Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.

11-October-1993

CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.

11-October-1994

Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.

11-October-1996

Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.

11-October-1999

Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.

11-October-1999

Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.