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Historical Event on 12/6/1956

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1956
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.