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Historical Event on 6/8/1998

Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
12/30/1964500 people seized by Chinese spies.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.