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Historical Event on 5/11/1987

President's rule imposed in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
3/30/1949Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).