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Historical Event on 5/11/1888

Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.

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7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
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8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
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