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Historical Event on 6/8/1992

55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
11/1/1974Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad.
12/11/1994H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.
12/11/1994Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
8/6/1993Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
11/15/1932Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.