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Historical Event on 6/1/1959
N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
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| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 6/17/1973 | Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 12/10/1952 | World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India. |
| 3/19/1911 | Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"". |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 2/11/1981 | Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win. |
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