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Historical Event on 1/6/1983

Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1992Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
11/27/1881Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.
3/29/1869Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.