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Historical Event on 6/11/1998

Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
12/23/1959Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.