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Historical Event on 6/5/1999
The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
12/5/1998 | Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications. |
2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
9/20/1993 | First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit. |
8/11/1916 | Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born. |
9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
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