6 May - India on this day18 events
D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
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.
Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India "Rashtrapati" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.