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Historical Event on 2/6/1932

Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.

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12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
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11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
9/23/1990World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.