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Historical Event on 6/5/1980

Manipur University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.