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Historical Event on 12/6/1956

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.