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Historical Event on 2/6/1996

Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
10/17/1990S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule.