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Historical Event on 1/11/1999
Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1934 | Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics. |
| 5/12/1993 | Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 2/16/1969 | Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released. |
| 11/1/2000 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi. |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 4/29/1882 | Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
| 7/2/2000 | At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
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