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Historical Event on 9/6/1995
Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 10/3/1999 | Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/12/1990 | Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
| 2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 6/17/1862 | Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
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