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Historical Event on 4/6/1966
Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 1/14/1994 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
| 7/30/1957 | Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 11/2/1950 | India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 6/9/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
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