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Historical Event on 6/6/1982

Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.