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Historical Event on 6/6/1961

Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).