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Historical Event on 8/6/1962

Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
5/20/1677Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
4/4/1912Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/3/1903Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.