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Historical Event on 1/6/1999

Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
3/17/2000V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
1/10/1896Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.