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Historical Event on 5/11/1999

Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
9/21/1992Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.