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Historical Event on 5/6/2000

Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.