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Historical Event on 5/6/1944

Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
10/21/1997Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.