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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
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
9/5/1998Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
7/24/1991Union budget imposes all-round price hike.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.