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Historical Event on 11/5/1997
Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1908 | Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened. |
| 1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
| 9/13/1984 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 9/17/1864 | Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born. |
| 11/10/1848 | Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
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