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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 |
| 8/28/1994 | Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 12/17/1971 | Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 12/6/2000 | The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'. |
| 5/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
| 1/18/1969 | Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
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