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Historical Event on 11/5/1927

Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
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9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
9/26/1996Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
3/26/1990Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.