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Historical Event on 5/11/1888

Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.