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Historical Event on 8/6/1932

Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1856Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.