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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
6/23/1946Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.