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Historical Event on 12/8/1999

The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
9/1/1978Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.