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I welcome you all to “Today in History by Hranker.com”. Here, we will discuss some of the major events in the history of 6th of August, 217th day of the year and 30th Friday of 2021.
1) Today in 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima.
It was held during the course of the second World War leading to deaths of over 20,000 soldiers and 70,000-1,20,000 civilians. Similar bomb was dropped on another Japanese city of Nagasaki three days later. The names of these two bombs were “Fat Man” and “Little Boy”.
2) Today in 1862 Madras High Court was inaugurated.
It is the second oldest High Court of India after Calcutta High Court in Kolkata. It was formed by merging the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras and the Sadr Diwani Adalat.
3) Today in 1925 Former President of Indian National Congress Surendra Nath Banerji died.
He was one of the earliest Indian Political leaders during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called The Indian National Association. He is given the epithet of Rashtraguru.
4) Today in 1905 Chittaranjan Das “DeshBandhu”, freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named “Swadeshi Mandali”.
He also founded a magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali Weekly in 1922 and the daily “Forward”.
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