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Historical Event on 6/8/1999

ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
1/2/1943Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
11/13/1999Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.