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Historical Event on 6/1/1955

India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
3/7/1647Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
2/21/1894Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.