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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 |
| 1/3/1831 | Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra. |
| 2/3/1873 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/1/1935 | The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank. |
| 5/31/1926 | Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born. |
| 2/23/1993 | Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 5/4/1995 | The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
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