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Historical Event on 7/6/1927
Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 4/17/1975 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
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