1873 - Proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed
1992 - Harshad Mehta suspended. BSE closed.
1996 - 11th Lok Sabha was constituted
1998 - Pandit Ravi Shankar, received 1998 Polar music award
1999 - BJP and 13 allies from National Democratic Alliance
On 11th May, 1998 India achieved a major technological breakthrough by successfully carrying out nuclear tests at Pokhran.
Also first, indigenous aircraft "Hansa-3" was test flown at Bangalore on this day and India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.
Considering above technological achievements on a particular date i.e. 11th May, the day of 11th May was chosen to be commemorated as National Technology Day. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=95906
1987 - President's Rule imposed in Punjab
1993 - Toy factory fire kills more than 200 in Bangalore
1998 - Pokhran nuclear fusion test successfully done. Test firing of Trishul missile. Certification flight of Hansa-3, indigenous first all composite 2 seater plane.
1999 - Verdict on Rajiv Gandhi assasination case
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9 pm News Rajya Sabha TV
PM Narendra Modi reached Sri Lanka for a two day visit.
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CSIR Advertisement on 11 May 2017
CSIR Technologies Commercialised
CSIR-IIP, EIL, NRL - Numaligarh Refinery Wax Plant
Streptokinase - Clot buster drug
Handhel Ksheer Scanner
Carbonated Fruit Juice
CSIR-IIP, EIL and RIL - Benzene Recovery Unit. Jamnagar
Divya Nayan - Personal reading machine for visually impaired
Birthdays
1895 - Jiddu Krishna Murthy
Asaf Ali (Governor of Orissa)
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Pooja Bedi
1834 East India Company annexed Coorg.
1849 Bethune College was started in Calcutta (Kolkata) for Women's education
1958 Acharya Kripalani was elected as the leader of a new opposition group in Parliament
1973 Foundation stone for Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh was laid.
1990 Shilanyas for a new Ram temple in place of Babri Masjid was attempted by Rama Janma Bhumi nyas. Government disallowed it.
1991 Haryana beat Bombay in final and won Ranji Trophy
1993 Janaki Raman Report on Harshad Mehta Stock Market Scam was released.
1996 Third and Final phase of Lok Sabha Election - 185 Lok Sabha seats went in for polls.
2014 64 LS seats went in for polling in the 8 phase of 16th Lok Sabha Elections. Record polling has happened in the all the states.
1889 - Padma Bhushan Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, Journalist and Freedom Fighter
Dr. hardikar was elected twice for the Rajya Sabha drom 1952 to 1962. Hardikar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1958. His dress was typical of a Seva Dal Volunteer - - half pants, half sleeved shirt and a Gandhi Cap - - all in Khadi. he passed away on 26th August, 1975. http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/D/DR.%20N.S.%20HARDIKAR
He joined the Forum of Free Enterprise, which was launched on 18 July 1956 by the late A D Shroff. In 1957, along with Nani Palkhivala. The Forum grew into a national organisation and it organised meetings on economic subjects across the country.
He left the employment in the Forum in 1976, but continued to be its vice president till his death.
He was an honorary secretary of the All-India Bank Depositors' Association and worked for consumber rights through this forum. The Indian edition of Reader's Digest, has put him on the cover of their October 1995 issue under the title M. R. Pai - Champion of the Consumer.
Special Event on 6 May 2013 Bharat Bhawna Divas - Sing National Anthem Jana Gana Mana at 10 am
1529 - Babar defeated Nawab Nusrat Shah, King of Bengal
1680 - Coronation of Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj
1944 - Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from Aga Khan Palace, Pune.
1948 - India rejected UN plan for plebiscite in Kashmir.
1952 - Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad was elected as President by the First Lok Sabha of India
1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain was elected President
1993 - Violence in Orissa state secretariat. Chief Minister manhandled.
Special Event on 6 May 2013 Bharat Bhawna Divas - Sing National Anthem Jana Gana Mana at 10 am
Birthdays
Motilal Nehru (1861)
Motilal Nehru is the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
Motilal Nehru was born on May 6, 1861. His parents were Gangadhar Nehru and Jeevarani. The Nehru family were living in Delhi for several generations. Gangadhar Nehru was a kotwal in that city. During India's independence struggle of 1857, Gangadhar Nehru left Delhi with his family and moved to Agra. He died in February 1861 and his youngest child, Motilal, was born three months later. Motilal's brother became a lawyer first and educated his brother to become a lawyer also. Motilal Nehru became a successful lawyer and joined Congress party for India's freedom struggle. He became President of the Congress Party twice.
1774 - East India company forces defeated Rohilla's Army and captured Rohilkand.
1929 - Ranjit Film Co. was founded.
1992 - Satyajit Ray passed away.
1994 - Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait founded a new party Indian National League.
Birthday
1858 - Pandita Ramabai
Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer, a champion for the emancipation of women, and a pioneer in education. She was accorded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati as a scholar after being examined by faculty of the University of Calcutta.
1913 - Dhananjay Keer, a biographer. He wrote biography of Savarkar and Ambedkar (I saw both of them).
Anant Vithal is known by his alias Dhananjay Keer (1913–1984). He wrote biographies of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, Rajrshi Shahu Maharaj and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
