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Historical Event on 11/8/1999
The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 2/22/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours. |
| 1/9/1993 | An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 12/20/1929 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
| 3/1/1971 | General Election ( 5th) of India begins. |
| 1/12/1863 | Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 3/10/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies. |
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