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Historical Event on 6/8/1897
Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 7/2/1999 | In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 3/11/1993 | Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor. |
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