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Historical Event on 6/5/1974
Smallpox epidemic in the country.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1948 | Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona. |
| 4/2/1948 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
| 5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 7/4/1760 | Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning. |
| 3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 1/7/1858 | The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British. |
| 11/21/1899 | Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa. |
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