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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
1/5/1982C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.