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Historical Event on 2/6/1949

India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.
7/1/1947Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
12/21/1911Central Bank of India established.
4/3/1994S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
1/1/1903A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .