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Historical Event on 12/6/1995

Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
1/26/1992BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.