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Historical Event on 8/6/1994

The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
11/3/1998Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.