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Historical Event on 2/6/1932

Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
4/2/1942Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
7/11/1998The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.