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Historical Event on 11/5/1999
Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
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