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Historical Event on 1/1/1999

George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
7/8/1996Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.