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Historical Event on 6/9/1998
81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 6/13/1973 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 6/22/1898 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
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