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Historical Event on 10/6/1974

Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1974Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
11/25/1890Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.