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Historical Event on 2/6/1952
George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1996 | JKLF declared unlawful by central govt. |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
| 9/15/1926 | Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. |
| 2/5/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 12/12/1989 | Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor. |
| 12/6/1732 | Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
| 3/18/1915 | British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
| 1/4/1909 | Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born. |
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