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Historical Event on 11/5/1961

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
4/27/1997CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.