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Historical Event on 8/6/1999

Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.