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Historical Event on 12/4/1999

A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
6/2/1990Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.