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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 2/6/1932 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 10/26/1932 | Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born. |
| 6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
| 8/25/1969 | Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
| 3/23/1757 | Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 3/24/1924 | Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born. |
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