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Historical Event on 8/11/1999

The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
3/26/1969Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.