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Historical Event on 11/1/1999
H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 2/23/1998 | BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/30/1968 | Guru Amardasji passed away. |
| 5/5/1818 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
| 7/16/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973. |
| 4/15/1919 | Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur. |
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