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Historical Event on 10/6/1999

Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
3/31/1992Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
11/7/1867Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.