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Historical Event on 8/6/1933
Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1990 | Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 7/27/1914 | Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914). |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
| 6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
| 10/3/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
| 1/8/1993 | Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra. |
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