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Historical Event on 5/11/1985

Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
8/30/1659Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
5/1/1879Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.