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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
11/7/1900Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born.
9/19/1933Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted