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Historical Event on 2/6/1932

Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
1/22/1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.