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Historical Event on 1/6/1999
Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1913 | The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India. |
| 5/20/1776 | Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away. |
| 10/21/1989 | Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 12/9/1999 | BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 4/12/1978 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
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