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Historical Event on 11/5/1950

Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
1/14/1641United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.