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Historical Event on 06/07/1539

Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
2/4/1946Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.