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Historical Event on 11/5/1870
Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/5/2000 | Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi. |
7/5/1993 | Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal. |
4/16/1997 | Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99. |
9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
4/6/1998 | The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri. |
10/23/1943 | Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire. |
1/2/1991 | Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport. |
3/31/1964 | Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium. |
12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
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