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Historical Event on 3/6/1998

A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.