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Historical Event on 4/6/1980

Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
12/4/1919Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan).
8/5/1975The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
2/11/1997India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
7/6/1927Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan).
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.