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Historical Event on 9/6/1993
CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 6/5/1974 | Smallpox epidemic in the country. |
| 2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
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