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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 |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 3/16/1939 | Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
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