homephotos Newsworld NewsOn This Day: Manmohan Singh inaugurated first train service in Kashmir Valley, Amitabh Bachchan was born and more
On This Day: Manmohan Singh inaugurated first train service in Kashmir Valley, Amitabh Bachchan was born and more
SUMMARY
On October 11, 2008, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the first train service in the Kashmir Valley. The train was flagged off from Nowgam railway station near Srinagar. The train was inaugurated as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project that connected the Kashmir Valley to the rest of India. The rail link between the valley and the outside world had been a dream of the locals for decades. On the same day in 1942, superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood was born. Here are some more historical events that make October 11 a special day in world history.
By CNBCTV18.com Oct 11, 2022 7:19:34 AM IST (Published)
1939 | Albert Einstein informed then-US president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the possibility of an atomic bomb, during World War 2. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
1945 | The Chinese civil war began between the Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
2020 | British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Eifel Grand Prix to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 victories. (Image: Reuters)
