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Historical Event on 1/6/1999

Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
5/15/1992Harshad Mehta suspended.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.