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Historical Event on 6/5/1994

India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
1/18/1950India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
5/10/1910Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.