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Historical Event on 4/6/1993

Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
8/13/1995Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'