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Historical Event on 2/6/1953

Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.