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Historical Event on 2/6/1952
George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
| 8/29/1947 | A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 5/27/1991 | Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case. |
| 12/25/1876 | Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
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