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Historical Event on 6/9/1998

81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
9/5/1990Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.