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Historical Event on 8/6/1999

Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
1/10/1953Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.