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Historical Event on 10/11/1999

Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
5/9/1959Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.