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Historical Event on 11/5/1994
Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 6/3/1929 | Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 4/22/1991 | IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India. |
| 5/7/1849 | Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education. |
| 7/3/1751 | Pilaji Jadhav died. |
| 9/21/1962 | Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident. |
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