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Historical Event on 1/4/1999

Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
5/3/1936Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
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.