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Historical Event on 7/6/1942

Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.