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Historical Event on 6/5/1998

Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1998Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
8/25/1965Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.