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Historical Event on 6/8/1968
Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1925 | Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurudutt, famous film actor, died |
| 12/19/1994 | K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 9/21/1992 | The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 5/1/1996 | International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
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