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Historical Event on 5/11/1985
Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1913 | Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk. |
| 8/12/1868 | Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born. |
| 12/1/1946 | Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs. |
| 4/3/1950 | Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 8/12/1996 | Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
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