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Historical Event on 9/6/1996

CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
1/18/1995The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
8/11/1954Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
12/16/1924Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.