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Historical Event on 6/9/1998

Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.