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Historical Event on 1/8/1999

Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
8/2/1781Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.