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Historical Event on 5/5/1946
Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
3/16/1945 | Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away. |
4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
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. |
2/23/1993 | Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award. |
10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
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