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Historical Event on 8/6/1999
Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1879 | Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 4/3/1984 | Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi. |
| 1/15/1899 | Musaffir, Giani Gurmukh Singh, writer and politician, was born at Udhwal (Pakistan). |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 10/30/1996 | Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case. |
| 9/22/1902 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
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