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Historical Event on 10/6/1983
Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 7/31/1964 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
| 12/23/1992 | Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 5/15/1997 | Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 6/10/1959 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar. |
| 6/15/1986 | K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident. |
| 3/6/1775 | Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
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