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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 |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 6/16/1992 | P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 1/24/1995 | Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 2/6/1992 | The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 12/15/1991 | Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement. |
| 3/3/1931 | Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops. |
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