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Historical Event on 6/1/1955

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
5/9/1907Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
12/13/1989Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.