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Historical Event on 6/6/1903

Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.

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7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
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3/17/1985Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.
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2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.