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Historical Event on 7/5/1999

Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
1/4/1994Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.