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Historical Event on 2/6/1985
Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 12/20/1757 | Clauk became Governor of Bengal. |
| 3/3/1989 | Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant. |
| 10/2/1930 | Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra. |
| 7/14/1997 | India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting. |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
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