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Historical Event on 2/6/1953
Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/18/1990 | Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
| 12/10/1878 | Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 1/14/1989 | 'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad. |
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