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Historical Event on 1/6/1993

India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
5/1/1867Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.