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Historical Event on 5/11/1993

Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
3/16/1877Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.
1/22/1997Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
6/24/1885Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.