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Historical Event on 2/6/1990
Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 2/21/1973 | V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 10/6/1927 | First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 4/14/1772 | Ahmadshah Abdali passed away. |
| 10/14/1992 | 10 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah. |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
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