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Historical Event on 1/6/1953

Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
10/2/1994Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
6/16/1925Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.