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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
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
3/16/1877Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.