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Historical Event on 2/6/1939

Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1939Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
2/17/1968Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.