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Historical Event on 1/1/1999
This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1988 | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died. |
| 9/19/1950 | U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 10/6/1997 | I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 7/20/1905 | First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India. |
| 9/23/1743 | Sawai Jaising died. |
| 10/15/1686 | Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
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