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Historical Event on 5/6/1952

Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.