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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
| 3/6/1775 |
Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 3/6/1915 |
Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 3/6/1928 |
Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died. |
| 3/6/1947 |
Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 3/6/1961 |
India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 3/6/1962 |
Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away. |
| 3/6/1971 |
Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. |
| 3/6/1990 |
India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament. |
| 3/6/1991 |
Chandrasekhar resigns as PM. |
| 3/6/1995 |
Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 3/6/1997 |
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius. |
| 3/6/1998 |
A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh. |
| 3/6/2000 |
India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/2000 | The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 10/1/1997 | Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence |
| 5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
| 5/13/1952 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 7/11/1882 | Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 9/26/1932 | Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans. |
| 8/27/1987 | B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal. |
| 12/4/1973 | Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away. |
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