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Historical Event on 5/6/2000

Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
10/3/1903Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
6/9/2000The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.