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Historical Event on 6/8/1906

Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.

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12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
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8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
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11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
12/22/1843Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.