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Historical Event on 11/5/1961

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
12/14/1999The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.