| Name(s) |
AMIT SAIGAL |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1965 |
| Date of
death |
January 05, 2012 |
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Identity |
Indian rock
musician, promoter of rock music, publisher and impresario. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He founded the
music magazine Rock Street Journal
and promoted rock music in India.
- He was also part of a band
called Impact that
played classic rock songs.
- He was also termed as "Papa
Rock" by the rock music
community of India.
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| Name(s) |
Chetan Anand |
| Date of
Birth |
January 03, 1921
- Lahore, Undivided India |
| Date of
death |
July 06, 1997
- Mumbai, India |
|
Identity |
Indian Film
Producer & Director |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was an acclaimed
Hindi film producer,
screenwriter and director from
India.
- He co-founded
Navketan Films with his
younger brother Dev Anand in 1949.
- He was the elder brother to
Hindi film actor-directors,
Dev Anand and Vijay Anand.
- His younger sister,
Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the
mother of renowned Hindi and English
film director Shekhar Kapur.
- The film 'Afsar',
starring Dev Anand and Suraiya, was
the first film made by
Navketan, which turned out
to be a moderate success; it was
followed by Taxi Driver
and Andhiyan, both
of which were directed by Chetan.
- Later on Chetan Anand started
his own production banner called
Himalaya films,
which gave some of most memorable
and unique films in Hindi cinema
like Haqeeqat, Heer Raanjha,
Hanste Zakhm, and Hindustan Ki Kasam.
- He discovered the late superstar
Rajesh Khanna from
an acting competition, who was cast
by Chetan Anand in the film "Aakhri
Khat".
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| Awards
and Accolades |
- His debut film, Neecha
Nagar, bagged the Palme
d'Or (Best Film) award, then known
as Grand Prix, at the first ever
Cannes Film Festival in 1946.
- 1965: National Film
Award for Second Best
Feature Film: Haqeeqat
- 1982: Filmfare Best
Story Award: Kudrat
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| Name(s) |
DADABHAI NAOROJI |
| Date of
Birth |
September 04, 1826
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
June 30, 1917
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian
Intellectual, Educator, Politician, Cotton Trader |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1850:
- He was the first
Indian to hold the position of a
Professor at the Elphinstone
Institution in 1850 at the
age of just 24 years.
- 1855:
- He was Professor
of Mathematics and Natural
philosophy in Mumbai.
- 1892 to 1895:
- He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the U.K. House
of Commons.
- July 06, 1892:
- He became the
first Asian to be a British
MP.
-
July 14, 1889:
- He was also member of Second International, the
original Socialist International, an
organization of socialist and labour
parties formed in Paris on this day.
- 1867:
- In 1867, he helped establish the
East India Association,
one of the predecessor organizations
of the Indian National Congress.
- 1874:
- In 1874, he became Prime
Minister of Baroda and was
a member of the Legislative
Council of Mumbai
(1885–88).
- 1886:
- He was elected President
of the Indian National Congress.
- 1906:
- Once again, he was elected President
of the Indian National Congress.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the founder
of the Indian National Congress,
along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw
Edulji Wacha.
- He also worked as
Professor of Gujarati at
University College, London.
- His main works were focused on Poverty in India
and the drain of wealth from India into England through colonial
rule.
|
|
Commemoration |
- A prominent residential colony
for central government servants in
the south of Delhi is also named
Nauroji Nagar.
- The Dadabhai Naoroji Road, a
heritage road of Mumbai, is named
after him.
- Dadabhoy Naoroji Road in
Karachi, Pakistan is also named
after him.
- Naoroji Street in the Finsbury
area of London is also named after
him.
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Other |
(Popularly known as the
Grand Old Man of India) |
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| Name(s) |
Dalai Lama -
Birth name: Lhamo Dondrub - Religious
name: Tenzin Gyasto |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1935 - Tibet |
|
Identity |
The 14th Dalai Lama
of Tibet - Budhist Spiritual Leader |
|
Date-wise
Events / Works |
- November 17, 1950: He was
born in Taktser, Qinghai (known to Tibetans as Amdo), and
was selected as the rebirth of the 13th Dalai Lama two years
later, although he was only formally recognized as the 14th
Dalai Lama on this day, at the age of 15.
- March 17, 1959 - During the 1959
Tibetan uprising, the Dalai Lama, who regards the uprising
as an expression of widespread discontent, fled to India
(reached India on this day), where he denounced the People's
Republic of China and established a Tibetan
Government in exile.
- March 31, 1959 - Officially, he was
given asylum in India on this day.
- May 28, 2005: He received
the Christmas Humphreys Award from the Buddhist Society in
the United Kingdom.
- June 22, 2006 - He became one of only
five people ever to be recognised with Honorary Citizenship
by the Governor General of Canada.
- November 26, 2007: Being a
member of the Board of World Religious Leaders as part of
The Elijah Interfaith Institute, he participated in the
Third Meeting of the Board of World Religious Leaders in
Amritsar, India, on this day to discuss the topic of Love
and Forgiveness.
- 2007: He received the
Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award
bestowed by American lawmakers.
- January 06, 2009: He
inaugurated an interfaith "World Religions-Dialogue and
Symphony" conference at Gujarat's Mahuva which was convened
by the Hindu preacher Morari Bapu. This conference explored
"ways and means to deal with the discord among major
religions".
- May 08, 2011: The
University of Minnesota bestowed upon him their highest
award, an Honorary Doctor of Letters.
- May 29, 2011: Dalai Lama
retired from the Central Tibetan Administration.
- September 24, 2011: Dalai
Lama issued the following statement concerning his
reincarnation.
- 2012: He was awarded the
Templeton Prize. He later donated the entire prize money to
an Indian charity, Save the Children.
- March 02, 2014:
Macalester College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree.
- March 17, 2017: He
inaugurated the three day International Conference on
Relevance of Budhism in 21st Century at Rajgir, Nalanda,
Bihar, India.
- April 02, 2017: He flagged
off the mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa’s double ascent
expedition from Guwahati in Assam.
- April 04, 2017: The Assam
Rifles felicitated its retired jawan, Naren Chandra Das
(76), who had escorted the Dalai Lama during his escape from
Tibet in 1959. Das is the only surviving jawan among the 8
Assam Rifles men who had escorted the Tibetan spiritual
leader.
- April 06, 2017: The Hindu
organization, Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) has demand
a BHARAT RATNA Award for Dalai Lama.
- August 05, 2017: According
to a 1959 document released by Woodrow Wilson International
Centre for Scholars, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong had said
that the Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru should be "crushed" for
interfering in Tibet.
- August 09, 2017: Reacting
to the ongoing India-China standoff at Doklam, he said that
the spirit of "Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai" is the only way
forward.
- August 13, 2017: While
addressing at the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai
he said, "Fear creates irritation, irritation creates anger,
anger creates violence". Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said "had
China believed in peace, Dalai Lama wouldn't have been
here". He further said that if one does not understand the
language of Yoga and peace, must be answered in language of
war.
- August 14, 2017: He said
that India and China cannot defeat each other in war as both
have powerful militaries and suggested India should use its
Buddhist heritage and tourism as a way of bringing the two
nations closer.
- September 11, 2017:
While condemning the violence against
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, he said Lord Buddha would have
helped the Rohingyas. "Those harassing some Muslims should
remember, Buddha, in such circumstances, would have
definitely helped those poor Muslims," he said. Notably, the
majority population in Myanmar follows Buddhism.
- November 19, 2017: November 19,
2017: He said India and China do not have the ability to
destroy each other. He added that whether the two countries
like it or not, they have to "live side by side". On this
day, China also slammed Botswana over a visit by the Dalai
Lama next month.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- The greatest advocate of
Tibet for Tibetans.
- Dalai Lamas are the head monks
of the Gelugpa lineage of
Tibetan Buddhism.
- The current Dalai Lama is the
fourteenth Dalai Lama; his birth
name is Lhamo Dondrub.
- He is the longest
lived Dalai Lama.
- He has since travelled the
world, advocating for the welfare of
Tibetans, teaching Tibetan Buddhism
and talking about the importance of
compassion as the source of a happy
life.
- Around the world, institutions
face pressure from China not to
accept and entertain him.
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| Awards
and Accolades |
- 1959 - Ramon Magsaysay
Award for Community
Leadership.
- 1989 - Nobel Peace
Prize.
- 2005 - Christmas
Humphreys Award from the
Buddhist Society in the United
Kingdom.
- 2007 -
Congressional Gold Medal,
the highest civilian award bestowed
by American lawmakers.
- In 2012, the Dalai Lama
was awarded the Templeton
Prize. He later donated the
entire prize money to an Indian
charity, Save the Children.
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| Name(s) |
DHAN GOPAL
MUKHERJEE |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1890 |
| Date of
death |
July 14, 1936 |
|
Identity |
Indian Man of
Letters in the USA |
|
General |
- He was the
first successful Indian man of letters
in the United States and winner of
Newbery Medal 1928.
- He is probably the
first popular Indian writer in English.
- He pre-dates G.V. Desani and
Mulk Raj Anand by over a decade.
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| Awards
and Accolades |
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| Name(s) |
Dhirajlal Hirachand
Ambani (better known as Dhirubhai Ambani) |
| Date of
Birth |
December 28, 1932
- Chorwad, Gujarat, India. |
| Date of
death |
July 06, 2002 |
|
Identity |
Indian Entrepreneur
and Industrialist - the founder of Reliance Industies |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- His life has been a live
example of "rags to riches"
story.
- Ambani took his company to
public in 1977, and by 2007 the
combined fortune of the family was
worth $60 billion,
making the Ambani's the
second richest family in
the world.
- Dhirubhai started off by
working with a firm in Yemen
in the 1950s and moved to Mumbai in
1958 to start his own business in
spices.
- After making modest profits, he
moved into textiles and opened his
mill in Naroda industrial area of
Ahmedabad.
- As of 2012, Reliance Industries
was listed among top 100
firms in Fortune 500 list
of world's biggest companies by
revenues.
- Following a heart attack in
1986, Dhirubhai handed over the
Reliance empire to his sons.
- After his death, the group was
split into Reliance Industries
Limited, headed by Mukesh
Ambani, and Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance
ADAG), headed by Anil
Ambani.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- 2016- Awarded Padma
Vibhushan.
- 2011-Awarded posthumously
the ABLF Global Asian Award
at the Asian Business Leadership
Forum Awards.
- 2000–Conferred Man of
the Century award by
Chemtech Foundation and Chemical
Engineering World.
- 2000, 1998 and 1996– Featured
among Power 50-the
most powerful people in Asia by
Asiaweek magazine.
- 1998 – "Dean's Medal"
by The Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, for setting an
outstanding example of leadership.
Dhirubhai Ambani has the rare
distinction of being the first
Indian to get Wharton School Dean's
Medal.
- 2001 – Economic Times Awards for
Corporate Excellence for
Lifetime Achievement.
- "Man of 20th Century"
by the Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
- A poll conducted by The Times of
India in 2000 voted him "Greatest
Creator of Wealth in the Centuries".
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| Name(s) |
Babu Jagjivan Ram
- Popularly known as ‘Babuji’ |
| Date of
Birth |
April 05, 1908
– Chandwa, Bhojpur District, Bihar, India.
(His birthday is celebrated as SAMTA DIVAS in
India) |
| Date of
death |
July 06, 1986 |
|
Identity |
Indian Freedom
Fighter and Politician |
|
Date-wise Events |
- 1936 to 1986:
His uninterrupted representation in
the Parliament for this 50-year
period is a world record.
- 1937:
Elected to Bihar
Legislative Assembly.
- 1940:
Being among the principal leaders
who publicly denounced India's
participation in the World War II
between the European nations, he was
imprisoned in this year.
- 1946:
He became the youngest
minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s
provisional government, the first
Union Cabinet of India as Labour
Minister.
- 1946:
He also became a member
of the Constituent Assembly of
India.
- June 27, 1970:
He took over as the Defence Minister
of India.
- 1971: He was the Defence Minister of
India during the Indo-Pak war of
1971, which resulted in formation of
Bangladesh.
- October 10, 1974:
He retired as the Defence Minister
of India.
- March 24, 1977:
He took over as the Deputy Prime
Minister of India and the Minister
of Defence of India.
- July 01, 1978:
He retired as the Defence Minister
of India.
- July 28, 1979:
He retired as the Deputy Prime
Minister of India.
- June 03, 2009:
Meira Kumar, his daughter, is an Indian
politician and a five time Member of
Parliament. She was elected unopposed as
the first woman Speaker of Lok
Sabha on this day.
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General |
- A freedom fighter and a social
reformer hailing from the
backward classes of Bihar
in India.
- He was instrumental in
foundation of the 'All-India
Depressed Classes League',
an organisation dedicated to
attaining equality for untouchables.
- He went on serve as a minister
in the Indian parliament with
various portfolios for more than
forty years.
- He is still very much remembered
for his tenures as Minister for
Agriculture witnessing successful
green revolution in India.
- Though he supported Indira
Gandhi during the Emergency in India
(1975–1977), he left Congress in
1977 and joined Janata Party
alliance in 1977, along with his
Congress for Democracy.
- Later he served as the Deputy
Prime Minister of India (1977–1979).
- In 1980, he formed his party
Congress (J).
- Accolades, Awards and
Recognitions
|
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Commemorations |
- The place he was cremated has
been turned into the memorial
Samata Sthal.
- Andhra University had conferred
an honorary doctorate
on him in 1973.
- The 'Babu Jagjivan Ram
National Foundation', has
been set up by Ministry of Social
Justice, Govt. of India in Delhi,
with a view to promoting his
ideologies.
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| Name(s) |
Mangalampalli
BALAMURALIKRISHNA |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1930 |
| Date of
Death |
November 22, 2016 |
|
Identity |
Indian Carnatic
Music vocalist, composer and musician. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1975:
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
- 1976:
National
Film Award for Best Male
Playback Singer – Hamsageethe –
"Himadri Suthe Pahimam".
- 1987:
National Film
Award for Best Music
Direction – Madhavacharya Kerala
state film awards.
- 1987:
Best Male playback
singer – Swathi Thirunal.
- 1991: Sangeetha Kalasikhamani
by The Fine Arts Society, Chennai.
- 1991:
He was decorated with PADMA
VIBHUSHAN by the Govt of
India.
- 2005:
International honours Ordre des Arts
et des Lettres Chevalier of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from
the French Government.
- 2010:
Best Classical
Music Singer-Grammam.
- 2011: He was awarded the
Lifetime achievement Global Indian
Music Academy Award.
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Other Events &
Developments |
He is also a State musician
of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu States
of India. |
| Awards
and Accolades |
- Honorary Doctorate
Sangita Kalanidhi by The Music
Academy, Madras
- All India Radio - Top
Grade – Awarded "Top Grade"
multi instrumentalist and musician.
- Mahatma Gandhi Silver
Medal from UNESCO.
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| Name of
the event |
NATHU LA PASS |
| Date of
the event |
- July 06, 2006: Re-opened on this day.
- July 05, 2017: China said
that the mountain pass in Sikkim was not open anymore for
the pilgrimage.
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|
Description |
- A mountain pass in the Himalayas on the
Indo–China border connecting the Indian state of Sikkim with
the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
- A part of an offshoot of the ancient Silk Road.
- Nathu La is one of the three trading border posts
between China and India; the other two are Shipkila
in Himachal Pradesh and Lipulekh (or
Lipulech) in Uttarakhand.
- It was sealed by India after the 1962
Sino-Indian War, and was re-opened on this day
following various bilateral trade agreements.
- Finally, after a decade of talks, Nathu La was opened on
6 July 2006. The date of the reopening,
which also formally recognised Tibet as part of China by
India and Sikkim's accession to India, coincided with the
birthday of the reigning Dalai Lama.
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| Name(s) |
RANVEER SINGH Bhavnani |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1985 |
|
Identity |
Indian actor
working in Hindi films. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- After completing a bachelor's
degree from Indiana University,
Bloomington, Singh returned to India
to pursue a career in film.
- In 2010, he successfully
auditioned for a leading role in
Yash Raj Films's romantic comedy
Band Baaja Baaraat.
- The film emerged as a critical
and commercial success, earning
Singh a Filmfare Award in
the Best Male Debut
category.
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| Name(s) |
Ramakrishna Gopal
R.G. BHANDARKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1837 |
| Date of
death |
August 24, 1925 |
|
Identity |
Indian scholar,
orientalist, and social reformer. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He advocated widow
marriages and castigated
the evils of the caste system and
child marriage.
- As an educationist, he was
elected to the Council of
India in 1903 as a
non-official member. Gopal
Krishna Gokhale was another
member to the Council.
- In 1911 he was knighted
C.I.E.
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Commemorations |
The world-renowned Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute in
Pune is named after Ramakrishna Gopal
Bhandarkar.
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| Name(s) |
SHYAMA PRASAD
MUKHERJEE |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1901
– Calcutta, West Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
June 23, 1953
– died as detenu in jail in Kashmir. |
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Identity |
Indian Politician;
Founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh (now BJP). |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1934 to 1938: At the age of 33, he became the youngest
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.
- 1941 to 1942: He was the Finance minister of Bengal Province
during 1941-42.
- 1944: Amidst communalist and separatist actions
of Muslim League, he emerged as a spokesman for
Hindus and joined Hindu Mahasabha
and in 1944, he became its President.
- April 19, 1950: He resigned after the
Delhi Pact was signed totally ignoring his views on the
issue. So, he became the first Indian Cabinet Minister to
resign from Union Cabinet in the history of free India.He
was firmly opposed to Nehru's invitation to the Pakistani
PM, and their joint pact to establish minority commissions
and guarantee minority rights in both countries. He had
differences with Nehru over the plight of Hindus in East
Pakistan.
- October 21, 1951: Finally, he founded the Bhartiya Jana Sangh on
this day at Delhi and became its first
President.
- May 11, 1953: A massive satyagraha was launched in opposition
to the special status granted to Kashmir. When he
went to visit Kashmir in 1953, he was arrested
there on this day and died as detenu on
June 23, 1953, and No post-mortem was ordered.
- August 27, 1998: The Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation named a bridge after Mookerjee.
- 2001: In 2001, the main research funding institute of the
Government of India, CSIR instituted a new fellowship named
after him. The Syama Prasad Mukhejee Fellowship is the most
prestigious fellowship given in India for doing PhD.
- April 22, 2010: Municipal Corporation
of Delhi's newly constructed Rs. 650-crore building (the
tallest building in Delhi) was named "Doctor Syama
Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre".
- January 15, 2012: Mathikere flyover
under Bangalore City Limits was inaugurated and named "Dr
Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Flyover".
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Other Events &
Developments |
- His political views were strongly affected by the
Noakhali genocide in East Bengal, where
mobs belonging to the Muslim league massacred Hindus in
large numbers.
- Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
by Nathuram Godse, the Mahasabha was blamed chiefly
for the heinous act and became deeply unpopular.
- Mookerjee himself condemned the murder.
- At the instance of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru inducted him in the Interim Central
Government as a Minister for Industry and Supply.
- He was firmly opposed to Nehru's invitation to
the Pakistani PM, and their joint pact to establish
minority commissions and guarantee minority
rights in both countries. He had differences with Nehru over
the plight of Hindus in East Pakistan. So
he resigned after the Delhi Pact was signed
totally ignoring his views on the issue.
- BJS was opposed to appeasement of India's
Muslims, and favoured free-market economics as
opposed to the socialist policies pursued by Nehru.
- The BJS also favoured a uniform civil code
governing personal law matters for both Hindus and Muslims,
wanted to ban cow slaughter and end the special status given
to the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The BJS founded the Hindutva agenda
which became the wider political expression of India's Hindu
majority.
- But as a result of Mukherjee’s martyrdom, the permit
system, the post of Sadat-e-Riyasat and of Prime
Minister of Jammu & Kashmir were removed by the
Govt. of India.
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| Title |
UPAHAAR CINEMA FIRE, New Delhi |
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Date-wise Events |
- July 06, 1989: On this day also, a fire had broken
out at Uphaar cinema due to a fault in the sub station.
- June 13, 1997: One of the worst fire tragedies in
recent Indian history of Delhi.
- July 27, 1997: The owners of the cinema were finally arrested in Mumbai
on , and sent to judicial
custody, though were later released on bail.
- April 24, 2003: It won ₹25 crore compensation
for the relatives and families of the victims in the case
vide high court verdict on this day.
- October 13, 2011: However the Supreme Court on
this day,
nearly halved the sum of compensation awarded to them by the
Delhi high court and slashed punitive damages to be paid by
cinema owners Ansal brothers from ₹2.5 crore to ₹25 lakh.
- August 19, 2015: Supreme court of
India imposed a fine on Ansal brothers for ₹ 30 crores each
and held that their jail terms will be reduced to the term
already undergone by them if they pay the fine, considering
their old age.
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Description |
- 59 people died, mostly due to
suffocation, and 103 were seriously injured
in the resulting stampede.
- The victims of the tragedy and the families of the
deceased filed the landmark Civil compensation case.
- It is now considered a breakthrough in civil
compensation law in India.
- The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Licensing) who
inspected Uphaar, had listed ten serious violations,
however all remained uncorrected until the
fire 14 years later.
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| Name(s) |
Dr. Vedavyas
Srinivas Acharya |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1940 |
| Date of
death |
February 14, 2012 |
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Identity |
Indian Politician |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was a senior leader of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
in Karnataka.
- He was the Higher
Education Minister in the
Government of Karnataka.
- The Chief minister D.V.
Sadananda Gowda described him as the
conscience keeper
of the BJP Government.
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Internal links
to see further details:
<> PROFILE <> CROSSWORD <> QUIZ <> VIDEOS <> Quiz on
History of the date of his birth <>
Quiz on History of the date of
his death <>
Quotes on POWER
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External Links
(Recommended) for further reading:
<> Wikipedia <> <> <> |
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