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Historical Event on 6/11/2000

Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.