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Historical Event on 12/12/1999

No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
1/28/1984Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
6/1/1997New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.