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Historical Event on 6/1/1955

India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
7/16/1956K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
12/6/1995The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.