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Historical Event on 5/6/1952
Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 4/14/1988 | Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
| 5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
| 10/21/1989 | Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 10/13/1781 | A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia. |
| 5/12/1966 | Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns. |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
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