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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
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
7/15/1980Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
6/27/1998Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.