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Historical Event on 6/5/1998

Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
12/5/1946Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
3/4/1924Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.