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Historical Event on 12/6/1931

Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.

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2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
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1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
10/31/1975Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died.
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10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.