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Historical Event on 2/6/1939

Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
1/22/1899Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
8/12/1897Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.