December 11 Special Day in India, What Special Day Celebrated on 11 December?

December 11 Special Day in India

Special days can be birthdays or the history of a particular person. Here in this article, you can check out the December 11 Special Day in India. There are famous personalities on the list of today special day in India. Let's quickly head into the article to what happened today in Indian history and much more details.

December 11 Special Day

People who aren't aware of what is December 11 special day, can head into this section. Well looking on the list of December 11 Special Day, today is 

#1. International Mountain Day 

Every year the International Mountain Day is celebrated to educate children as well people about the role of mountains. This year the theme is "Sustainable mountain tourism". On 11th December 2003, the first International Mountain Day was celebrated. In 1992 at United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development of Chapter 13 was adopted. This has gained more attention from people around the globe which made them realize the importance of mountains.

#2. UNICEF Day 

On December 11, people all across the world commemorate UNICEF's birthday, which was established in 1946. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was established to offer emergency food and medical treatment to children and mothers in nations devastated by World War II.

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What Special Day Celebrated on 11 December - Events

December 11 Special Day in India has more special events like 6.5 earthquakes in West India, Test debut of Carl Hooper and much more.

#1. 6.5 earthquake in West India

There was a very strong earthquake in west India where 170 people died. 

#2. Test debut of Carl Hooper

Carl Llewelyn Hooper the former West Indian Cricket Player and a former caption of tests and ODIs was born on 15th December 1966. He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler who rose to prominence in the late 1980s as part of a team that included Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall, and Courtney Walsh and played 16 years for the West Indies.

#3. Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes

Thai Airways International Flight 261 (TG261/THA261) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that took off from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport and landed in Surat Thani, Thailand. Thai Airways International, Thailand's flag carrier, operated the route. During a landing attempt at Surat Thani Airport on December 11, 1998, the aircraft, an Airbus A310-204 registered in Thailand as HS-TIA, stalled and crashed into a marsh. The crash claimed the lives of 101 individuals.

#4. Rajiv Gandhi was elected as Indian National Congress Leader

Gandhi led the Indian National Congress party's election campaign. Under his leadership, the party went from 44 out of 543 seats in 2014 to 52 out of 542 seats in 2019. In 2019, it also increased its vote from 19.3 percent to 19.5 percent. The Indian National Congress received 52 seats, falling short of the 10% threshold required to claim the office of Leader of the Opposition. Gandhi resigned as party leader after this terrible election result and was succeeded by his mother, Sonia Gandhi.

#5 Controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill Passed by India

On December 11, 2019, the Indian Parliament enacted the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. It changed the Citizenship Act of 1955 to create a road to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.

December 11 Special Day in India - Birthdays

On this day December 11 the people who are celebrating their birthday includes Devdutt Pattanaik, Shvetha Jaishankar, Dayanand Shetty and much more.

#1. Naresh Kumar Shad

On December 11, 1927, Naresh Kumar Shad was born in Ahiyapur, Urmar Tanda, District Hoshiarpur. His father, Nauhariya Ram Dard Nakodari, was a well-known Urdu journalist and poet-writer who was well-known at the time. He was born into a Bhalla family in Nakodar, a small Kasba-style town in Jallandhar, and acquired his father's fluency in Urdu and Persian.

#2. Rajneesh

Rajneesh was an Indian godman who was born on 11th December 1931 and died on 19th January 1990. 

#3. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was a Bengali politician also an Indian statesman who served as India's thirteenth president from 2012 to 2017. Mukherjee was a top politician in the Indian National Congress and held numerous ministerial positions in the Indian government over his five-decade political career.

#4. Dayanand Shetty

Dayanand Shetty who was born on 11th December 1969, is an Indian film and television actor who is well known for his role as Senior Inspector Daya in CID. 

#5. Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator, and novelist who is best known for his fictional works about Hindu holy lore, stories, folklore, fables, and parables. His research mostly focuses on religion, mythology, and management. He's published works about the present relevance of religious stories, symbols, and rituals.

#6.Shvetha Jaishankar

Shvetha Jaishankar an Indian model was born on 11th December 1978. She is also an entrepreneur, beauty pageant titleholder, etc. Shvetha Jaishankar was crowned as the 2nd runner up at Miss International 1998 held in Tokyo, she also won Femina Miss India International 1998 title.