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Historical Event on 6/5/1974
Smallpox epidemic in the country.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 4/4/1942 | Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War. |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
| 3/13/1978 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
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