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Historical Event on 11/5/1977
Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1998 | Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 5/12/1952 | Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
| 10/17/1949 | The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K. |
| 2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
| 5/23/1996 | In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls. |
| 7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
| 11/16/1921 | Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. |
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