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Historical Event on 6/7/2000

Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1915Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
1/15/1999Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.
9/19/1997India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too.
8/4/1906Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.