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Historical Event on 6/7/1998

India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
9/12/1992Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
3/16/2000Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote.
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).