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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 |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 8/12/1996 | Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 8/17/1996 | CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 2/8/1907 | Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 8/3/1998 | 35 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed. |
| 8/3/1998 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
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