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Historical Event on 10/2/1999

Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.
3/28/1917Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.
9/26/1793Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable