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Historical Event on 6/5/1966
Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 9/11/1995 | PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies. |
| 8/13/1960 | Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
| 3/20/1952 | Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born. |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
| 10/11/1923 | Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 8/15/1982 | Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan. |
| 3/10/1969 | Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union. |
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