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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 |
| 7/19/1998 | The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 10/18/1879 | Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 5/19/1980 | Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
| 6/24/1990 | President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 11/15/1997 | INS Delhi' commissioned. |
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