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Historical Event on 6/7/1606

Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
9/21/1992Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.