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Historical Event on 11/5/1999
Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 5/25/1996 | Kathapurushan' wins best film national award. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 9/24/1921 | Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born. |
| 8/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
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