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Historical Event on 8/6/1996

Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.