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Historical Event on 12/6/1998

13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
3/28/1984Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
1/19/1992Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.