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WORLD ASTHMA DAY |
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May 06 (1st Tuesday): It
is an annual event organized by the Global
Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness
and care around the world; it is observed on the first Tuesday of
the month of May. |
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AAMIR KHAN |
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May 06, 2012: He has created, and featured
as the host of the television talk show Satyamev Jayate through which he
highlights sensitive social issues in India. It started airing on this
day. |
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AJMAL KASAB |
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May 06, 2010: Kasab was sentenced to death
for attacking Mumbai and killing 166 people on 26 November 2008 along
with nine terrorists. He was found guilty of 80 offences, including
waging war against the nation, which is punishable by the death penalty. |
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| BHULABHAI DESAI |
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May 06 - Death
Anniversary |
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FRANCIS XAVIER |
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May 06 1542: He arrived in Goa, then capital of Portuguese India
on this day. His primary mission was to
restore Christianity among the Portuguese settlers in Goa. |
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INTERNATIONAL NO DIET DAY |
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May 06: It is observed on this day every
year. |
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LALIT KUMAR MODI |
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May 06, 2014: He was elected as President
of Rajasthan Cricket Association. |
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| SHAHEED MANGAL PANDEY |
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May 06, 1857 - On this day, British
East India Company disbanded the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and
is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
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| MARIA MONTESSORI |
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May 06 - Death Anniversary |
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MOTILAL NEHRU |
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May 06 - Birth Anniversary |
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RAJARSHI SHAHU |
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May 06 - Death Anniversary |
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SALMAN KHAN |
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May 06, 2015: He was found guilty of all
charges in the hit-and-run case. He was sentenced to five years in
prison. Later on same day, he was granted bail by the Bombay High Court
till May 08, 2015. |
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SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL |
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May 06, 1947: On this day, he began
lobbying and persuading the princes of 565 states of the impossibility
of independence from the Indian republic. All but three of the states,
after being convinced by Patel, willingly merged into the Indian union;
only Jammu and Kashmir, Junagadh, and Hyderabad did not agree to merge
by that time. |
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SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK |
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May 06, 2002: He participated in Netherlands
Singles International Sand Sculpturing competition at SCHEVENINGEN on
this day. |
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