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Historical Event on 6/1/1955

India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
7/13/1916Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.