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Historical Event on 06/06/1596

Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.

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1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
11/6/1931Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.