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Historical Event on 8/6/1993
Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 8/25/1999 | Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 7/18/1634 | Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born. |
| 8/20/1997 | Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
| 5/22/1953 | Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World). |
| 10/22/1873 | Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
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