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Historical Event on 1/6/1989
Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
| 4/18/1998 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 12/17/1715 | Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army. |
| 3/5/1997 | Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka. |
| 5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
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