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Historical Event on 7/6/1927

Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
9/3/1994The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
1/26/1997Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.