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Historical Event on 8/6/1920
'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
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| 3/30/1990 | Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
| 5/14/1994 | RBI announces tight monetary policy. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
| 2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 12/8/1992 | World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
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