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Historical Event on 1/1/1999
George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 10/20/1774 | New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 12/26/1925 | Krishna G. Ginde, great musician and singer, was born. |
| 12/26/1925 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 7/1/1929 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 8/4/1997 | Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo). |
| 7/16/1905 | A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat. |
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