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Historical Event on 8/6/1951
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/15/1987 | Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India. |
| 1/29/1992 | India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/4/1999 | S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode. |
| 1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
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