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Historical Event on 1/6/1989

Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
11/22/1990Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
10/29/1997Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
1/29/1912Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.