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Historical Event on 5/6/1971
D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1961 | Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 11/7/1858 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra |
| 2/4/1994 | India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
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