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Historical Event on 11/5/1950

Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.