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Historical Event on 2/6/1990

Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.