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Historical Event on 6/5/1966

Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
4/16/1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
2/26/1937Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
2/26/1937Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.