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Historical Event on 8/6/1996
Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.

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6/8/2000	Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
10/10/1962	Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
10/27/1947	Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
2/6/1955	55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
12/24/1984	Eigth General Elections of India began .
9/10/1887	Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
8/2/1987	Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
5/13/1998	India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
5/31/1998	B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.
8/15/1947	On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.

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Historical Event on 8/6/1996 Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.

Historical Event on 8/6/1996
Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.