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Historical Event on 11/11/1999
Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1884 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
| 12/3/1991 | An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery. |
| 4/17/1996 | Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains. |
| 10/29/1999 | The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
| 1/18/1938 | The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail. |
| 6/12/1894 | Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born. |
| 9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
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