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Historical Event on 5/6/1946
Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
| 11/3/1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 12/24/1891 | Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal. |
| 5/1/1981 | Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State. |
| 6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
| 3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
| 12/6/1995 | Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 12/24/1894 | The first medical conference was held in Calcutta. |
| 5/9/1992 | Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. |
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