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Historical Event on 5/11/1970

A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
12/20/1969Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
7/5/1990G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
4/4/1786In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
4/24/1974Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.