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Historical Event on 9/6/1995

Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
12/14/1920Akali Dal established.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
7/5/1957Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died..
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.