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Historical Event on 1/1/1999
George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1990 | Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 11/29/1991 | Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 7/21/1999 | The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA. |
| 7/21/1999 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 9/22/1994 | G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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