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Historical Event on 8/6/1951
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 1/15/1996 | Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 5/20/1992 | V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 11/15/1992 | At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. |
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