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Historical Event on 11/5/1976
Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 1/20/1988 | Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 7/29/1802 | Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army. |
| 11/19/1982 | 9th Asian Games started in Delhi. |
| 8/30/1645 | Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
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