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Historical Event on 6/4/1986

Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
5/19/1979Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
1/17/1922T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.