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Historical Event on 11/9/1999

BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
5/9/1908Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
2/25/2000Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.