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Historical Event on 7/1/1999
K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1994 | Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died. |
| 1/31/1896 | Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born. |
| 12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
| 9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 7/28/1912 | Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born. |
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