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Historical Event on 6/5/1994
Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 9/17/1999 | Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards. |
| 1/23/1927 | Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born. |
| 7/20/1957 | India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar. |
| 2/24/1922 | Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 9/12/1974 | . C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07. |
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