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Historical Event on 6/6/1935

Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
8/25/1919Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
9/6/1657Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.