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Historical Event on 7/9/1999

Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
7/16/1993Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.