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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 |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 4/27/1986 | Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years. |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 5/20/1991 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
| 8/4/1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
| 6/18/1993 | Advani takes over as party President. |
| 5/12/1952 | Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
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