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Historical Event on 12/13/1999

The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
1/6/1983Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
9/6/1990Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.
3/28/1917Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.