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Historical Event on 12/1/1999

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
1/15/1656Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.