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Historical Event on 10/6/1954

Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
10/24/2000Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
3/10/1945Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
12/5/1931Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.
3/27/1989T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
8/4/1936Indian Government Act was approved by the king.