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Historical Event on 7/2/1999
The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/6/1991 | Chandrasekhar resigns as PM. |
| 7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
| 8/9/1925 | Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'. |
| 8/9/1925 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
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