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Historical Event on 5/11/1993
Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
| 6/16/1946 | C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government. |
| 2/16/1955 | Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away. |
| 10/26/1946 | 27 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 1/17/1987 | Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 1/29/1975 | West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
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