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Historical Event on 6/5/1882

Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1997Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
11/18/1961The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa .
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
9/19/1997Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.