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Historical Event on 10/6/1999

Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.