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Historical Event on 5/6/1971
India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1997 | 180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years. |
| 9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
| 8/27/1998 | India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 11/11/1979 | President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 1/8/1994 | Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99. |
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