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Historical Event on 5/6/1971
India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/27/1996 | In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 7/9/1875 | The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 1/26/1876 | Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 5/2/1992 | President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges. |
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