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Historical Event on 6/5/1995

A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.