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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
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.