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Historical Event on 5/11/1995
In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 3/12/1911 | Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born. |
| 1/9/1972 | In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 7/22/1991 | New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament. |
| 2/25/1894 | Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 5/27/1964 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74. |
| 2/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
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