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Historical Event on 6/5/1961

Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1996Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK.
3/31/1926Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
12/17/1929Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Sanders, Asst. Suprintendent of Police.
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.