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Historical Event on 7/6/1999

Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1935Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.