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Historical Event on 1/4/1999

Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
11/15/1982Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.