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Historical Event on 5/6/1910
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 12/13/1991 | Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
| 1/31/1969 | Saint Meherbaba passed away. |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
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