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Historical Event on 7/9/1999
Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
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| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 8/1/2000 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 8/19/1934 | Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. |
| 1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/18/1990 | Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 3/20/1991 | Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu. |
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