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Historical Event on 6/8/1915

P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
10/15/1972Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
12/28/1907Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.