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Historical Event on 11/6/1999
Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1971 | Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London. |
| 9/6/1996 | A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani. |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
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