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Historical Event on 6/8/1999

ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
1/24/1937Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
1/31/1997INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
7/7/1999M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.