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Historical Event on 6/6/1935

Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.