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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
9/13/1991Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.
5/8/1992Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.