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Historical Event on 5/11/1985
Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 5/7/1990 | Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 7/2/1941 | Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
| 6/10/1987 | Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
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