HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-06)

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Dec 6, 2005 :: DEVAN NAIR :: Died this day, he was the 3rd President of .

Dec 6, 2003 :: CARLOS Manuel Arana OSORIO :: Died this day, he was the President of .

Dec 6, 2001 :: SEAT BELTS :: On this day, the Supreme Court of India ruled that it was mandatory for the front seat occupants in cars to fasten the .

Dec 6, 1971 :: On this day, the Pakistan broke diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of .

Dec 6, 1956 :: Bhimrao Ramji AMBEDKAR :: Died this day, he was the Indian Minister of Law and architect of The . He spent his life fighting against the system of and the Indian caste system. He had been honoured with the , India's highest civilian award, given for the highest degree of national service.

Dec 6, 1945 :: SHEKHAR KAPOOR :: Born this day, he is an Indian .

Dec 6, 1922 :: IRELAND :: The Irish came into existence on this day.

Dec 6, 1917 :: FINLAND :: On this day, it declared independence from .

Dec 6, 1917 :: HALIFAX EXPLOSION :: On this day, the City of , was devastated by the huge of a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, that had accidentally collided with a Norwegian ship in "The Narrows" section of the Halifax Harbour. It is considered to be the largest until the first atomic bomb test explosion in 1945 and is still one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear explosions, that killed 2000 and injued over 9000 people.

Dec 6, 1916 :: DAVID Lloyd GEORGE :: On this day, he became the Prime Minister of .

Dec 6, 1879 :: Jatindranath MUKHERJI :: Died this day, and commonly known by the alias ' ', he was an Indian Bengali revolutionary philosopher against British rule. He was the principal leader of Jugantar party that was the central association of in Bengal, and was responsible for the planned German Plot aimed at all-India level insurrection.

Dec 6, 1877 :: POST :: This newspaper was first published on this day.

Dec 6, 1865 :: SLAVERY :: The 13th Amendment to the , banning slavery, was ratified on this day.

Dec 6, 1778 :: Joseph Louis GAY-LUSSAC :: Born this day, he was a physicist and chemist.

Dec 6, 1768 :: Encyclopaedia :: Its first edition was published on this day.