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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
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.
4/13/1971Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.