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Historical Event on 4/6/1998

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
7/20/2000In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents.