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Historical Event on 11/5/1892

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
1/16/2000Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
7/3/1985Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.