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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
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
11/28/1998The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
5/25/1899Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
10/2/1910Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.