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Historical Event on 8/6/1905

Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.

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11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
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