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Historical Event on 6/7/1993

Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
12/29/1968Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.