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Historical Event on 5/11/1970

A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
8/25/1992Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.