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Historical Event on 2/6/1994

Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
6/20/1985The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.
4/23/1774British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.