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Historical Event on 9/6/1993

CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
12/28/1932Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi.