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Historical Event on 8/6/1998

SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit