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Historical Event on 6/1/1955

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
1/1/1914Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.