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Historical Event on 6/8/1998

Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
10/18/1925Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
10/20/1905Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.