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Historical Event on 12/1/1999

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1999T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.