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Historical Event on 7/6/1986
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, passed away. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communication Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70), Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.(5-4-91).
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| 12/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 11/8/1932 | Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 4/21/1990 | 18 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry. |
| 8/16/1994 | Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused. |
| 7/1/1955 | S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957. |
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