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Historical Event on 6/8/1998

Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
5/12/1992Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
8/17/1997Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
5/4/1832The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.