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Historical Event on 7/1/1999

The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
7/18/1993Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
7/18/1980Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.