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Historical Event on 5/6/1680
Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1999 | Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad. |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 7/26/1844 | Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 12/11/1988 | Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague. |
| 10/27/1997 | UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members. |
| 2/8/1959 | The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 8/26/1947 | Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion. |
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