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Historical Event on 6/1/1997
New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 8/26/2000 | Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 3/11/1989 | In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
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