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Historical Event on 1/6/1976

Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
10/19/1925Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.