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Historical Event on 8/6/1905

Chittaranjan 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'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.