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Historical Event on 12/1/1999

Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.