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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
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
11/29/1798Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.