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Historical Event on 6/6/1924

S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
9/24/1861Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
5/8/1815Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.