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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
1/23/1977Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.