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Historical Event on 8/6/1951

Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.