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Historical Event on 11/5/1892
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
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| 2/3/1925 | Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day. |
| 5/14/1999 | Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
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