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Historical Event on 8/6/1925
Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1932 | The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 9/30/1990 | Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation. |
| 1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
| 6/3/1992 | M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 1/12/1953 | Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay. |
| 5/5/1998 | Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
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