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Historical Event on 9/30/1999

Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
1/26/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
7/21/1977Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.