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Historical Event on 8/6/1996

SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
6/20/1985The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.