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Historical Event on 7/6/1944

Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
4/1/1997Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.