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Historical Event on 2/6/1937

Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.