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Historical Event on 6/5/1996

Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.