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Historical Event on 2/6/1887
Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1887 | The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali. |
| 8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
| 3/25/1928 | S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born. |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 6/27/1964 | Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 1/15/1921 | Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
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