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Historical Event on 5/6/2000
Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1998 | Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 10/2/1957 | All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed. |
| 11/13/1991 | Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service. |
| 5/13/1995 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992. |
| 12/5/1991 | The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India. |
| 5/1/1994 | Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established. |
| 12/7/1979 | Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
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