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Historical Event on 12/6/1998

13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
11/14/1967Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born.
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.