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Historical Event on 11/8/1999

The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
2/10/1931Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.
9/24/1934Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.