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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 |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 10/12/1946 | Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 12/4/1940 | Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"". |
| 2/28/1998 | The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory. |
| 2/28/1998 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 7/16/1999 | 17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 12/23/1954 | Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
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