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Historical Event on 6/1/1842
Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 4/8/2000 | Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
| 3/15/1936 | Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
| 9/1/1913 | Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
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