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Historical Event on 5/11/1985

Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
5/5/1929Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
12/19/1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.