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Historical Event on 6/1/1996

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.