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Historical Event on 2/8/1999
Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 6/6/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final. |
| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 7/16/1997 | Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 1/3/1997 | Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol. |
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