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Historical Event on 8/6/1996

SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
10/2/1939Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
9/10/1920Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal.