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Historical Event on 6/1/1916
Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1760 | Phattesingh Bhosle passed away. |
| 1/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 3/9/1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
| 11/3/1908 | Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 7/29/1998 | The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister. |
| 5/12/1966 | Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns. |
| 11/10/1991 | South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
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