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Historical Event on 7/1/1999
K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/26/1926 | Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam. |
2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
8/20/1969 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India. |
12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
6/5/1994 | India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China. |
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