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Historical Event on 12/15/1999

Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
8/10/1992Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.