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Historical Event on 12/4/1999

Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
5/5/1916Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
6/22/1880Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.