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Historical Event on 11/5/1929
Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 12/15/1951 | Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 10/6/1954 | Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
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