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Historical Event on 5/11/1987

President's rule imposed in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.