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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
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.