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Historical Event on 11/5/1956

Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
2/25/1884Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
1/1/1983This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"".