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Historical Event on 1/6/1953

Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
12/27/1911Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta.