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Historical Event on 8/6/1962
Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 3/5/1992 | Sunder, comedy actor, passed away. |
| 3/22/1893 | Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
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