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Historical Event on 6/9/1998

The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.