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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
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).