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Historical Event on 6/1/1998

The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.