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Historical Event on 5/5/1946
Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 7/20/1991 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 12/27/1975 | 372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state. |
| 11/7/1936 | Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 7/21/1999 | Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party. |
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