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Historical Event on 11/5/1961

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1996Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.