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Historical Event on 10/6/1974

Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
10/1/1926Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
4/25/1955Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away.