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Historical Event on 12/31/1999

This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
4/19/1997I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
3/26/1990Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.