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Historical Event on 6/5/1998
Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 1/26/1999 | 21 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar. |
| 4/5/1987 | The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 3/24/1995 | Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 5/1/1958 | Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 4/8/1992 | Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur. |
| 2/25/1886 | Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
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