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Historical Event on 11/5/1950

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.