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Historical Event on 7/6/1998
Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
| 8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
| 1/4/1998 | V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made. |
| 3/26/1938 | Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 7/16/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973. |
| 7/16/1969 | King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 6/4/1959 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga. |
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