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Historical Event on 5/11/1993

Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
7/16/1914N. E. Balram, communist leader, died.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
11/18/1997Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
12/26/1947K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.