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Historical Event on 2/6/1990

Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
8/22/1922Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces.