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Historical Event on 6/8/1992

Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.