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Historical Event on 6/5/1995

Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
12/12/2000J.H. Patel, (71), senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, died in Bangalore.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.