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Historical Event on 6/4/1958

The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.