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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1967Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
8/2/1885Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.