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Historical Event on 6/1/1996

H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.