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Historical Event on 7/6/1986
Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, passed away. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communication Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70), Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.(5-4-91).
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| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 8/25/1969 | Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 11/5/1870 | Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta. |
| 11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
| 10/10/1957 | Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
| 10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 5/19/1990 | S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD. |
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