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Historical Event on 6/29/1999

An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
5/8/1901Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.