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Historical Event on 5/6/1993

Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".