Historical Events on January 6.

1.  1832, 6th Jan: Journalist Balshastri Jambhekar started Darpan, the first weekly newspaper in English and Marathi.

2.  1907, 6th Jan: Maria Montessori started the first Montessori school. Their schools brought about a radical change in pre-primary education.

3.  1912, 6th Jan: New Mexico became the 47th state of the United States.

4.  1924, 6th Jan: Conditional release of Swatantryaveer Savarkar from life imprisonment on the condition of not participating in politics and remaining in Ratnagiri district.

5.  1929, 6th Jan: Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta (now Kolkata) to serve neglected and poor people in India.

6.  1947, 6th Jan: All India Congress Committee accepted the partition of India.

7.  1950, 6th Jan: Britain recognized the Communist government of China.

8.  1983, 6th Jan: Congress lost in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka assembly elections for the first time.

9.  1989, 6th Jan: Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh, both convicts in the assassination of Indira Gandhi, were hanged.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 6.

1.  1580: John Smith, an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author.

2.  1745: Jacques Alien Montgolfier, he experimented with ballooning.

3.  1812: Balshastri Jambhekar, the father of Marathi journalism.

4.  1883: Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist.

5.  1910: G. N. Balasubramaniam, an Indian Carnatic singer.

6.  1928: Vijay Tendulkar, a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator predominantly in Marathi.

7.  1955: Rowan Atkinson, an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work on Mr. Bean.

8.  1959: Kapil Dev, a former Indian cricketer.

9.  1965: Jai Ram Thakur, an Indian politician, the 14th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. 

10.  1967: A. R. Rahman, an Indian composer, singer, and music producer.

11.  1984: Diljit Dosanjh, an Indian singer-songwriter, actor, and television presenter.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 6.

1.  1847: Tyagaraja, a renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.

2.  1852: Louis Braille, a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired.

3.  1884: Gregor Mendel, the German biologist who introduced the concept of genes.

4.  1885: Bharatendu Harishchandra, one of the greatest Hindi writers of modern India. He is known as the father of Hindi literature and Hindi theatre.

5.  1918: Georg Cantor, a German mathematician.

6.  1919: Theodore Roosevelt Jr., an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, writer, and the 26th president of the United States.

7.  1971: P. C. Sorcar, an Indian magician.

8.  1981: A. J. Cronin, a Scottish physician, and novelist. 

9.  2017: Om Puri, an Indian actor.

6-January-1664

Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.

6-January-1818

Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.

6-January-1832

Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.

6-January-1842

4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..

6-January-1847

Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.

6-January-1932

Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.

6-January-1932

Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.

6-January-1942

Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.

6-January-1947

All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.

6-January-1948

Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.

6-January-1953

Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.

6-January-1959

Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.

6-January-1972

America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean.

6-January-1976

Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

6-January-1979

Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.

6-January-1980

In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.

6-January-1981

Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.

6-January-1983

Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.

6-January-1987

An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.

6-January-1987

Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.

6-January-1987

Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.

6-January-1989

Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.

6-January-1989

Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.

6-January-1992

Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.

6-January-1993

India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.

6-January-1996

CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case.

6-January-1997

Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.

6-January-1999

Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.