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Historical Event on 4/6/1980
Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.

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5/9/1992	M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal.
5/14/1999	Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
6/6/1981	The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
3/9/1961	Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
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10/30/1889	Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P.
7/5/2000	The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
8/26/1914	Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
8/11/1908	Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
3/24/2000	Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.

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Historical Event on 4/6/1980 Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.

Historical Event on 4/6/1980
Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.