Vallabhbhai Patel, full name Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, byname Sardar Patel, was an Indian barrister and statesman who was a leader of the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence fight. He served as deputy prime minister, minister of home affairs, minister of information, and minister of states during the first three years of Indian independence after 1947. Patel was the leading contender for the Indian National Congress presidency in 1945–46, but Gandhi once again interfered to ensure Nehru's election. The British viceroy invited Nehru, as President of the Congress, to establish an interim administration.

The Japanese ship Taiyo Maru landed at Honolulu in November 1941, carrying 340 passengers, including Suguru Suzuki, the Japanese Imperial Navy's youngest lieutenant commander. His covert objective was to validate information regarding Pearl Harbor defenses and get more data from Japanese sources in Honolulu. According to the spy, Suzuki submitted a list of 97 questions to Yoshikawa via Consul General Kita on a "tiny ball of crumpled rice paper." He had 24 hours to answer. Yoshikawa recounted some of Suzuki's queries and replies in a 1960 article:

Laura Ann Aime was at a Halloween party with friends on October 31st, 1974. The 17-year-old left the gathering by herself later that night. This was the final time anyone saw her alive. On November 26th, over a month later, two hikers discovered Laura Aime's nude body on the edge of an embankment in Utah's American Fork Canyon. Laura's assailant battered, raped, and strangled her to death, according to authorities.

Indira Gandhi, India's prime minister, is killed by two of her own bodyguards in New Delhi. Sikhs Beant Singh and Satwant Singh opened fire on Gandhi as she headed to her office from an adjoining home. Satwant Singh, who lived long enough to stand trial, was convicted and killed in 1989. Riots erupted in New Delhi following Gandhi's murder. Over the span of two days, more than 1,000 innocent Sikhs were slain in indiscriminate assaults. Rajiv Gandhi, Gandhi's son, took over as Prime Minister.

Haryana was formed on November 1, 1966, as a result of the division of the former state of Punjab into two separate states: Punjab, which spoke Punjabi, and Haryana, which spoke Hindi. And it was only on that day that Chandigarh was recognised as an Indian territory.

Aishwarya Rai, the gorgeous beauty of Bollywood, is famed for setting new beauty standards. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was born on November 1, 1973, rose to prominence as one of Bollywood's most famous and successful actresses. She was born in Mangalore, Karnataka, to a South Indian family. In 1994, she was named Miss World while still studying architecture. In 2004, Aishwarya Rai made her Hollywood debut in the British film Pride & Prejudice, for which she received international acclaim.

Former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs is credited with renaming Mysore State Karnataka on November 1, 1973; however, historians claim that the term 'Karnataka' was popular six centuries ago. They claim that at the time, all of southern India was united under the banner of Karnataka.

The film is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio feature in it. The two actors play characters from different socioeconomic classes. They fell in love after meeting on the ship, but it was against the rules in 1912 for a rich girl to fall in love with a poor lad. The film premiered on November 1, 1997, at the Tokyo International Film Festival, where The New York Times described the reception as "tepid."

On November 1, 1894, Nicolas II succeeded his father Alexander III as Tsar, and on May 26, 1896, he was crowned Tsar in Moscow. April 1894, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (emperor as Nicholas II). Nicholas was not prepared, either by upbringing or temperament, for the complex tasks that awaited him as autocratic ruler of a vast empire.

The occupations of Constantinople and Smyrna galvanized the Turkish national movement, which eventually triumphed in the Turkish War of Independence. On November 1, 1922, Turkey's Grand National Assembly formally abolished the Ottoman Sultanate. The Sultan was proclaimed persona non grata and forced to flee the territory governed by the Ottoman Dynasty since 1299. The Sultanate was formally disbanded on November 1, 1922, by the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, ending 623 years of monarchical Ottoman rule.

Black death struck London in November 1348 and spread all the way up the coast of East Anglia early in the new year. It had ravaged Wales and the Midlands by spring 1349, and by late summer, it had crossed the Irish Sea and penetrated the north.

The world's highest statue, the Statue of Unity, is dedicated to visionary Indian statesman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It was formally revealed on October 31, 2018, to considerable excitement by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The bronze-clad statue is 182 meters tall, which is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty and 29 meters taller than China's Spring Temple Buddha, which previously held the title of world's tallest. The Statue of Unity, located in Gujarat near the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River, was created by famous Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar and took five years to complete.

On November 1st, another chapter was added to the golden history of the capital of India, i.e. Delhi. That chapter made the capital of India. Delhi, a Union Territory of India.

On November 1, 1956, the states of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu observed formation day, while Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and Andaman and Nicobar were granted union territory status.

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman, often known as VVS Laxman, is a former Indian cricketer who was born in Hyderabad on November 1, 1974. He was a right-handed batter who was also one of the greatest. He was also a part-time off-break right-handed bowler. Because of his surname VVS Laxman, he was also known as Very Very Special Laxman. His 281-run innings against Australia at Eden Gardens in 2001 is regarded as the best Test effort in the previous 50 years. Along batting Rahul Dravid, he holds the record for the biggest third-inning partnership (376 runs) in a test match.

Tim Cook, an American corporate entrepreneur and engineer, has been Apple's CEO since August 2011. Tim Cook was born Timothy D. Cook on November 1, 1960, in the little town of Robertsdale, Alabama. Cook, the second of three sons born to father Donald, a shipyard worker, and mother Geraldine, a homemaker, finished second in his class from Robertsdale High School in 1978. Cook left IBM after a 12-year career and went on to management positions at Intelligent Electronics and Compaq before joining Apple in 1998. Shortly after the death of predecessor Steve Jobs in August 2011, Cook was chosen Apple's new CEO.

In 1948, France and India agreed that the inhabitants of France's Indian possessions would choose their political future. French India was not de jure united with the Indian Union until 1962. On November 1, 1954, the bureaucracy was de facto united with India's. The four enclaves of Pondichéry, Yanam, Mahe, and Karaikal were de facto transferred to the Indian Union on November 1, 1954, and became the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Sir Sean Connery, a renowned actor known for his role in James Bond took his last breath on October 31st at the age of 90. He dies peacefully in his sleep in Bahmas as told by his son. His acting career included the span of seven decades and he was the recipient of Oscar for his role in The Untouchables.