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Historical Event on 12/31/1999

This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.