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Historical Event on 6/6/1935
Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 6/6/1992 | Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 3/3/1983 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
| 10/21/1959 | Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border. |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 3/7/1942 | Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra. |
| 6/30/1999 | The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain. |
| 10/23/1898 | Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat. |
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