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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
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.