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Historical Event on 7/6/1999

The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
11/16/1913Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.