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Historical Event on 6/2/1955

A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
11/29/1999Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
6/18/1940Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
5/17/1974Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.