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Historical Event on 2/6/1955

55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.

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2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
6/9/2000The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.
12/22/1866Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.