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Historical Event on 6/8/1897

Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
5/7/1907The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
1/28/1976Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
7/10/1998India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts.
12/1/1942No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
6/11/1964Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.