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Historical Event on 7/6/1901

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
8/15/1947The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
6/6/1969Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
7/5/1901B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931).
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).