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Historical Event on 10/11/1999

Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
8/2/1880Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.