August 11 in History
Significant events that shaped India and the World.
Khudiram Bose Martyred
Eighteen-year-old Indian revolutionary Khudiram Bose is executed by the British, becoming one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian independence movement.
Alcatraz Opens
The infamous Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay officially opens as a maximum-security federal prison.
NATO Takes Over in Kabul
NATO assumes command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking the organization's first major operation outside of Europe.
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