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Historical Event on 6/1/1998
Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 7/6/1927 | Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/11/1999 | India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final. |
| 11/16/1995 | Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. |
| 6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
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