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Historical Event on 6/1/1959

The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1990JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
5/24/1993India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
4/9/1936SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab).
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.