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Historical Event on 5/11/1987
President's rule imposed in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 1/25/1957 | Kashmir becomes Indian state. |
| 12/12/1925 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 3/19/1973 | Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47. |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 12/20/1994 | The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN. |
| 7/12/1998 | India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 6/13/1905 | Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born. |
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