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Historical Event on 6/5/1879
Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 10/28/1991 | Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court. |
| 2/24/2000 | The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 8/20/1988 | Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed. |
| 10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
| 3/21/1979 | The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988). |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 2/2/2000 | The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script. |
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