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Historical Event on 11/5/1999

The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
2/4/1993D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
8/29/1926Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born.
6/12/1997Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh.