History News Desk !! According to Gregory calendar, 6 February is the 37th day of the year. There are still 328 days left in the year. (329 days in leap year)
Important events of 6 February
1715 – War ends between Spain and Portuguese. 1716 – Renewal of alliance between Britain and Holland. 1778 – Britain announces war against France. France recognized America. 1788 – Massachusetts become the sixth state to follow the Constitution of the United States. 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Refales discovered Singapore. 1833 – Otto became the first emperor of Greece in modern times. 1869 – Greece agrees to leave Crete. 1891 – Birth of Dutch -Etton Harman Foker, leading in the field of flight. 1899 – Spain handed over Cuba Puto Rico Guam and Philippines to America. 1911 – The first old age home opened in Arizona, USA. 1918 – Women over the age of thirty have the right to vote in Britain. 1922 – Cardinal Ashile Ratty Pope was selected. 1941 – The British Army occupies the city of Bengaji in Libya. 1942 – Second World War: The United Kingdom announces war against Thailand. 1951 – America conducted nuclear tests in Nevada. 1952 – Elizabeth sat on the second throne after the death of Britain King George XI. 1959 – Ms. Anna Chandy becomes the first woman judge of the Kerala High Court. 1968 – Tenth Winter Alampic game begins in the city of Grenobal, France. 1985 – British novelist James Headley Chez dies in Switzland. 1987 – Justice Mary Godrin becomes the first woman to become a judge of the Australian High Court. 1989 – Beginning of Round Table Dialogue in Poland towards ending communism in Eastern Europe. 1991 – Columbia President Caesar Gaviria appealed to end violent activities after the death of 47 persons in the violence of rebels. 1993 – Death of famous tennis player Arthur Ash. 1994 – Ban on public hanging implements in Pakistan. 1997 – Ecuador’s Congress overthrew President Abdala Bukarm. 1999 – The country’s first pace maker bank established in Kolkata. 2000 – External Affairs Minister Tarja Hallonen was elected the first woman President of Finland. 2001 – Senior Congress leader V.N. Gadgil’s death. 2002-Search for Omar Sheikh of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pearl Kidnapping Cand. India entered the border and killed Pakistan’s espionage aircraft. 2003 – US Senate Foreign Alert Committee approves the Atomic Arms Treaty with Russia. 2004 – Thirteenth Lok Sabha dissolved. 2005 – Australia defeated Pakistan to win a triangular one -day series. 32 died in a bus accident near Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir. 2007 – USA University of America appointed Dalai Lama as Professor. 2008 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talks to Iceland President Regna Grimson. Industrialist M.P. for his remarkable contribution in industrial development in the country. Jindal was honored with Udyog Ratna. The Government of India nominated the Majuli Island of Assam in the class of cultural land to include the 2008 World Heritage List. 2009 – India provided financial assistance of Rs 9.45 crore for the construction of three big dams on its border with Nepal. Kiran Karnik became the new president of Satyam. 2017- VK Sasikala appointed the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Person born on 6 February
1983 – S. Sreesanth – Indian cricketer. 1948 – Krishna Kant Paul – is a former Indian Police Service officer. 1945 – F. A. Khongalalam – The former Chief Minister of Meghalaya was the eighth Chief Minister. 1940 – Bhupinder Singh – Was a renowned playback singer and ghazal singer of Indian cinema. 1915 – Pradeep – Famous poet and lyricist. 1913 – Diwan Ranjit Rai – was an Indian military officer honored with ‘Mahavir Chakra’. 1890 – Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan – Bharat Ratna Honored Great Freedom Fighter
Died on 6 February
2022 – Lata Mangeshkar – was a famous Indian playback singer awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’. 2006 – Gurbakhsh Singh Dhillon – was an officer of Azad Hind Fauj. 1931 – Motilal Nehru – freedom fighter and politician. 1976- Ritwik Ghatak- Indian writer and film director 1948- Nayak Yadunath Singh- Paramveer Chakra Honor Indian soldier 1965- Pratap Singh Carr- Freedom Fighter and former Chief Minister of Punjab 1983- Atmaram- Famous scientist 1946- Upendranath Brahmachari- A scientist of India Was a foremost doctor of his time. 1900- William Wilson Hanter – Stemodynapon was the British officer. 1793 – Carlo Goldoni – was a famous Italian playwright.
