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Historical Event on 12/4/1999

Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
5/24/1933Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), was born in Dudhani, Maharashtra.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
10/1/1926Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.