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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
6/1/1997New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
10/15/1972Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died.