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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
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/31/1818Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
5/20/1994K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad.
11/11/1872Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.