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Historical Event on 5/6/1775

Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.