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Historical Event on 12/1/1999

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.