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Historical Event on 6/4/1987

A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.