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Historical Event on 1/11/1999

Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
2/1/1992Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
2/8/1881Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.