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Historical Event on 6/6/1990
GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
| 4/1/1936 | Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 11/17/1991 | Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati. |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 1/3/1946 | Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck. |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
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