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Historical Event on 8/6/1993

Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.