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Historical Event on 3/6/1998

A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
9/2/1911Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
7/30/2000Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.