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Historical Event on 6/5/1882
Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'. |
| 2/9/1994 | Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik. |
| 9/18/1965 | Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 6/19/2000 | Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
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