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Historical Event on 5/6/1944
Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1944 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 4/26/1993 | Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 5/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
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