6 April - India on this day23 events

Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.

James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born.

Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, .

Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.

Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.

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.

Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.

Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.

India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.

The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.

Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).

Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).

Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.

Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.

Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.

During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.

Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.

Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.

Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.

Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died.

Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.

The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.