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Historical Event on 8/6/1920
'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
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| 9/7/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral. |
| 3/22/1977 | Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India. |
| 4/17/1996 | Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains. |
| 1/10/1995 | 26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
| 2/27/1941 | Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India. |
| 2/23/1998 | Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
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