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Historical Event on 11/5/1870

Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1904Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.