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Historical Event on 5/11/1999

Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.