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Historical Event on 11/6/1998

Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
1/28/1853Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).