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Historical Event on 11/5/2000

The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
3/21/1979Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi.