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Historical Event on 5/11/1993

Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
10/3/1988Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
7/23/1906Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
5/28/1992Indo-US naval exercises begin.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
7/1/1913Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal).
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.