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Historical Event on 6/6/1961
Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1961 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 11/17/1921 | Princes of Wales came to India. |
| 3/20/1965 | Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi. |
| 7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
| 11/9/1710 | Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized. |
| 1/31/1985 | Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
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