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Historical Event on 1/6/1847
Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1833 | William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away. |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 6/26/1975 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 10/18/1906 | Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde. |
| 6/16/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election. |
| 3/5/1997 | Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 6/11/1932 | Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born. |
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