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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
5/3/1936Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.