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Historical Event on 6/1/1944

M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1944Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.