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Historical Event on 6/9/1998

The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
7/3/1898Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.