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Historical Event on 12/15/1999

Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
2/16/1944Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.