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Historical Event on 7/12/1999

India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
1/2/1947Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"".
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.