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Historical Event on 11/6/1998

Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
9/26/1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.