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Events for June 6

6-June-1596	Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
6-June-1867	Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
6-June-1890	Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
6-June-1891	Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
6-June-1903	A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
6-June-1903	Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
6-June-1907	John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstance
6-June-1909	Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras.
6-June-1916	Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
6-June-1922	Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
6-June-1924	S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
6-June-1935	Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.
6-June-1947	Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
6-June-1961	Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
6-June-1962	General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
6-June-1969	Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
6-June-1981	The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
6-June-1982	Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
6-June-1986	Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
6-June-1990	GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
6-June-1992	Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam.
6-June-1994	The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence.
6-June-1996	14 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
6-June-1996	Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
6-June-1997	New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
6-June-1997	Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
6-June-1997	U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
6-June-1998	All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
6-June-1999	Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
6-June-2000	Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.