11 May in Hindu history
11 May 185711 May 1951
Delhi taken; Bahadur Shah Zafar proclaimed
The Meerut sepoys reach Delhi, the garrison joins them, and the aged Bahadur Shah Zafar is proclaimed emperor of Hindustan, the rising’s figurehead.
Somnath consecrated again
President Rajendra Prasad performs the pran pratishtha of the jyotirlinga in the rebuilt temple at Prabhas Patan. He said that the power of rebuilding is always greater than the power of destruction.
11 May 1998
Pokhran-II nuclear tests
Bharat conducts three nuclear tests at Pokhran, and two more on 13 May, declaring itself a nuclear weapon state. 11 May is kept as National Technology Day.