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Historical Event on 5/11/1995

In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
7/27/1982Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.