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Historical Event on 8/6/1994

The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
1/22/1903Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
11/22/1990Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).