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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
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
8/6/1994Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.