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Historical Event on 11/5/1870

Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.