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Historical Event on 6/4/1987

A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
10/21/1981Kerala under central rule.
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.