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Historical Event on 1/6/1989
Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/6/1935 | Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 2/20/2000 | Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 7/1/1985 | Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 2/3/1988 | INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers. |
| 5/27/1992 | M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
| 10/4/1977 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language. |
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