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Historical Event on 1/1/1999

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
10/13/1911Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
1/19/1995Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
1/18/1963Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).