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Historical Event on 6/1/1959

N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
9/21/1994Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.