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Today's Special
World Population Day
World Population Day
🌸 பிறந்த நாள் 🌸
⭕1920- இரா.நெடுஞ்செழியன் (நாவலர், இலக்கியவாதி, மாற்று முதலமைச்சர்)
⭕1925- கா.மீனாட்சி சுந்தரம் (தமிழறிஞர்)
Today's Quotes
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
- Winston Churchill
Historical Events on July 11.
● World Population Day
● 1801, 11th July: The French astronomer John Louis Pons discovered the comet, Pons.
● 1893, 11th July: The first cultured pearl was obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
● 1950, 11th July: Pakistan became a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
● 1987, 11th July: The world population has crossed the five billion mark. The United Nations had decided to celebrate July 11 as Population Day.
● 1994, 11th July: Inspector General of Police Kiran Bedi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
● 2006, 11th July: Mumbai train bombings: 209 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on July 11.
● 1857: Chettur Sankaran Nair, an Indian politician, and author.
● 1889: Narayan Hari Apte, an Indian-Marathi novelist.
● 1902: Baldev Singh, an Indian Sikh political leader.
● 1921: Shankarrao Kharat, an Indian-Marathi writer.
● 1927: Theodore Maiman, an American engineer and physicist.
● 1956: Amitav Ghosh, an Indian writer.
● 1967: Jhumpa Lahiri, an American-Indian author.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on July 11.
● 1957: Aga Khan III, one of the founders and the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League.
● 2001: Qateel Shifai, a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist.
● 2003: Bhisham Sahni was an Indian writer, and playwright.
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