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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 8/19/1999 | India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 8/13/1936 | Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 8/26/1909 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
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