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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
3/22/1893Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.