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Historical Event on 6/11/1999

India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
7/16/1993Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
3/21/1937Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
2/12/1794Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.
6/1/1947Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.