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Historical Event on 6/5/1966
Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1924 | Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea). |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana. |
| 5/13/1923 | Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam). |
| 9/12/1899 | T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born. |
| 10/6/1998 | Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai. |
| 3/23/1962 | Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 11/5/1906 | Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name. |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
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