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Historical Event on 10/6/1954

Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.