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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 3/4/1925 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away. |
| 7/10/1998 | India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts. |
| 4/15/1950 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'. |
| 10/29/1851 | British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary. |
| 4/9/1974 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 9/5/1998 | University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike. |
| 4/30/1908 | Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death. |
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