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Historical Event on 8/6/1994
The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 11/7/1908 | N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 4/8/2000 | Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 8/19/1934 | Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 8/7/1998 | The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force. |
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