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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
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
8/15/1947Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
8/3/1930Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.