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Historical Event on 6/1/1955
India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 8/10/1894 | Varahagiri 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. |
| 3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
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