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Historical Event on 6/5/1974

Smallpox epidemic in the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
2/21/1990The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
5/1/1879Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.