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Historical Event on 11/5/1999

The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
4/9/1986Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.