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Historical Event on 5/11/1885

Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
6/27/1917Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.