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Historical Event on 2/6/1932
Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
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| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 10/11/1986 | Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
| 8/4/1997 | Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo). |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
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