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Historical Event on 6/5/1998

Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).