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Historical Event on 2/6/1994

Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
4/8/1894Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.