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Historical Event on 6/6/1999

Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
2/27/1912Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.