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Historical Event on 12/31/1999

This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
4/15/1975India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.