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Historical Event on 5/11/1888

Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.