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Historical Event on 7/1/1999

Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
6/1/1944M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
2/20/1992Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
2/27/1912Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.