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Historical Event on 12/10/1999

Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
5/20/1750Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
8/20/1997Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.