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Historical Event on 7/6/1999

The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1919Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
11/22/1990Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down