Quick glance of 6 April in the pages of History

April 6: Here are the major events that occurred on 6 April….

• 6 April, 1606: Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
• 6 April, 1664: Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
• 6 April, 1664: Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
• 6 April, 1673: James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born.
• 6 April, 1897: Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public regarding discriminatory laws.
• 6 April, 1917: America enters World War I. Following the sinking of American liner Housatonic by a German U-boat and four more U.S. merchant ships President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany and on This Day the United States formally declared war on Germany.
• 6 April, 1919: Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike convened by him.
• 6 April, 1930: Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the ‘Salt Law’. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India’s Freedom Movement.
• 6 April, 1931: Birthday of Suchitra Sen. A famous Indian actress who made her mark in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She was the first Bengali actress to receive award at an International film festival. She played Paro’s character in Bimal roy’s classic Devdas. Married to Dibanath Sen, Suchitra had a daughter Moon Moon sen and grand daughters Riya and Raima Sen who themselves are film actresses and celebrities.
• 6 April, 1956: Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born on this day in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He was honoured with Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
• 6 April, 1966: Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the ‘Palk Strait’ measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka.
• 6 April, 1993: Divya Bharati, popular Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
• 6 April, 2000: Indian Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
• 6 April, 2010: In one of the deadliest attacks by Maoists, 76 CRPF jawans were killed in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh when the troops were conducting Area domination exercise (ADE) in Bastar region.