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Historical Event on 11/8/1999

The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
4/3/1994B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.