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Historical Event on 5/6/1946
Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 6/7/1996 | Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
| 11/2/1992 | Nine Maharashtra ministers resign. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 10/22/1947 | There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government. |
| 5/22/1991 | Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June. |
| 1/5/1992 | Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt. |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
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