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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
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
9/6/1996Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.