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Historical Event on 1/11/1999

Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
12/6/1971US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.
4/9/1695Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.