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Historical Event on 6/5/1966
Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 1/9/1971 | Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
| 12/16/1990 | Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM. |
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