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Historical Event on 5/11/1965

The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.