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Historical Event on 10/5/1999

India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
4/11/1952Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
11/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
2/14/1952Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana).