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Historical Event on 11/6/1946

P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
12/26/1914Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
2/22/1982South-South Conference opens in New Delhi.