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Historical Event on 5/11/1911

Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.

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9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
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7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
7/11/2000Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
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