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Historical Event on 3/17/1999

An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
9/6/1975Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
12/12/1925Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.