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Historical Event on 5/11/1985
Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 5/25/1996 | DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 2/18/1999 | Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF). |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 6/27/1906 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
| 4/11/1992 | Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office. |
| 5/13/1648 | Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
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