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Historical Event on 6/8/1999

ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
5/7/1990Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
1/9/1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.