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Historical Event on 11/1/1999
H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/9/1993 | Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief. |
| 8/21/1931 | Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 8/30/1751 | Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb. |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 3/2/1997 | Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
| 2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
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