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Historical Event on 8/6/1996
SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1990 | All Governors asked to resign. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 9/26/1931 | At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 2/10/1986 | Pope John Paul II ends visit to India. |
| 11/21/1993 | India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years. |
| 8/27/1997 | Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively. |
| 2/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
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