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Historical Event on 12/6/1998

13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1738Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
10/15/1921Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.