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Historical Event on 6/8/1992

55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1968Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
3/19/1996Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.