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Historical Event on 6/6/1999

Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1881Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
7/5/1916Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.