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Historical Event on 8/6/1951
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 2/25/1977 | Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 11/22/1999 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 11/30/2000 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 10/10/2000 | The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo. |
| 8/4/1993 | Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died. |
| 9/28/1837 | Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II. |
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