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Historical Event on 8/11/1999

Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
7/18/1993Rail, road traffic disrupted.