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Historical Event on 2/6/1915

Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
5/3/1971Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
9/10/199587 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.