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Historical Event on 7/6/1998

Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
5/28/1996BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
7/12/1957Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.