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Historical Event on 3/6/1990

India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1984Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.