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Historical Event on 7/9/1999

Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
8/20/1995305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.