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Historical Event on 8/6/1920
Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
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| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
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| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 9/22/1937 | The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 5/26/1997 | Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel. |
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