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Historical Event on 7/6/1944

Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
5/9/1908Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.