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Historical Event on 6/7/1996
Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 5/3/1765 | Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta. |
| 11/6/1950 | King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India. |
| 4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 10/9/1996 | 27-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K. |
| 4/30/1909 | Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab). |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 9/12/1905 | Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London. |
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