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Historical Event on 11/5/1892

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
5/13/1996Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
7/24/1991Union budget imposes all-round price hike.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.