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Historical Event on 6/5/1980

Manipur University was established.

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1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
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5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
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5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
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11/19/1999Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.