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Historical Event on 8/6/1996

Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.