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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
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.