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Historical Event on 6/4/1987

A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
11/9/1993Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.