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Historical Event on 1/11/1999

Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
5/13/1883Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
10/31/1989Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
6/29/1992Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.