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Historical Event on 7/13/1999

Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".