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Historical Event on 5/6/1971

India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.