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Historical Event on 6/9/1998

Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).