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Historical Event on 8/6/1993
Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 12/1/1970 | Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi. |
| 3/1/1985 | Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi. |
| 11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
| 8/2/1993 | Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I). |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
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