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Historical Event on 5/11/1993

Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.