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Historical Event on 11/5/1996
United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
| 3/27/1878 | Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
| 7/29/1876 | Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 9/29/1998 | ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg). |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 4/10/1931 | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born. |
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