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Historical Event on 5/10/1999

Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
2/14/1994The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.