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Historical Event on 6/6/1969

Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
6/24/1946Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.