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Historical Event on 12/9/1999
BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 3/31/1964 | Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium. |
| 2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
| 10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
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