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Historical Event on 10/6/1893
Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 6/15/1986 | K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident. |
| 12/30/1993 | Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress. |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 6/20/1756 | A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 8/16/1997 | Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
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