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Historical Event on 12/6/1995

Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
2/17/1980Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
4/7/1818Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.