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Historical Event on 6/6/1969
Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
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| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 9/27/1833 | Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 11/27/1998 | India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final. |
| 3/24/1998 | 200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 10/25/1980 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 12/16/1990 | Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM. |
| 12/12/1925 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
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