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Historical Event on 6/6/1891
Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
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| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 9/16/1916 | D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
| 9/30/1922 | Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab). |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 11/12/1969 | Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I). |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 4/17/1941 | Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities. |
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