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Historical Event on 6/9/1998
The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1947 | Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away. |
| 10/24/1851 | First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
| 11/1/1961 | First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748. |
| 3/28/1947 | Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away. |
| 5/19/1954 | The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 8/2/1861 | Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
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