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Historical Event on 11/8/1999
The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 1/26/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day. |
| 2/12/1794 | Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 10/1/1949 | 'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 8/27/1976 | Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters. |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
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