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Historical Event on 7/6/1998

Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
1/31/1941Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.