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Historical Event on 11/6/1999

Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
9/6/1990Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
12/11/1999Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.