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Historical Event on 5/6/1952

Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
12/15/1803East India Company captured Orrisa state.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
7/17/1903Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.