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Historical Event on 6/8/1897

Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
7/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.