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Historical Event on 6/5/1998

Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
7/15/2000The Maharashtra Government gives the green signal to police to proceed against Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
11/16/1998Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.