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Historical Event on 6/1/1998

Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1998Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.