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Historical Event on 6/6/1867
Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 6/30/1917 | Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 5/12/1993 | Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 11/20/1981 | Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 8/18/1993 | The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000. |
| 9/11/1888 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 10/27/1923 | Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 3/27/1977 | N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/8/1999 | Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi. |
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