Year 1756
British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
DECEMBER 6
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6 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 6 December.
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National Miner's Day
Year 1768
The first issue of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
Year 1857
Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.
Year 1897
London became the first city in the world to launch a licensed taxi cab.
Year 1907
The first robbery incident related to India’s freedom struggle took place at Chingaripota railway station.
Year 1907
Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
Year 1917
Finland declared independence from Russia’s hegemony.
Year 1931
Bengal Congress to boycott British goods
Year 1946
Establishment of the Home Guard Organization.
Year 1946
Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London
Year 1946
Homeguard Organination was established.
Year 1952
First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
Year 1962
India closes its consulates in Communist China.
Year 1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic tied with India over India’s recognition of Bangladesh.
Year 1971
US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.
Year 1978
Spain adopted the constitution.
Year 1987
MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
Year 1990
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the release of all hostages held hostage in Iraq and Kuwait as part of efforts to avert war.
Year 1990
VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
Year 1992
The disputed Babri Masjid structure of Ayodhya was demolished. As a result, about 1500 people died in the violence.
Year 1992
300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
Year 1997
International Climate Conference began in Kyoto, Japan.
Year 1997
Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
Year 1997
Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
Year 1998
13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
Year 2000
The great social activist Baba Amte was awarded the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Award by the Central Government.
Year 2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, "The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the "task has remained unfinished".
Year 2000
The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'.
Born 1421
Henry VI, the King of England.
Born 1732
Warren Hastings, Former Governor-General of India.
Born 1823
Max Müller, a German-born philologist and Orientalist.
Born 1853
Hara Prasad Shastri, an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature.
Born 1892
Rukmini Laxmipathi, an Indian independence activist and politician.
Born 1897
Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.
Born 1932
Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
Born 1945
Shekhar Kapoor, an Indian film director, actor, and producer.
Born 1950
Nirupama Rao, Indian diplomate.
Born 1985
RP Singh, a former Indian cricketer.
Born 1988
Ravindra Jadeja, an Indian international cricketer.
Born 1993
Jasprit Bumrah, an Indian cricketer.
Died 1799
Joseph Black, a Scottish physicist, and chemist.
Died 1889
Jefferson Davis, an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States.
Died 1892
Werner von Siemens, a German electrical engineer, inventor, and industrialist.
Died 1956
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer. He was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian constitution.
Died 1976
Nana Patil, an Indian independence activist and politician.
Died 1990
Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s first prime minister.
Died 1993
Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
Died 1995
Prabhakar Barwe, a pioneer of Modern Indian painting.
Died 1995
The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade.
Died 2000
Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Died 2014
Ralph H. Baer, a German-Jewish American inventor, game developer, and engineer.