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Historical Event on 5/6/1922

Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1964Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
2/13/1922The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.