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Historical Event on 6/3/1901

Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
7/25/2000Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .