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Historical Event on 2/6/1990
Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 8/6/2000 | Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel. |
| 8/18/1957 | Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 5/22/1993 | Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 11/29/1953 | Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River. |
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