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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
1/24/1952Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
2/13/1984Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, inaugurated the first manufacturing work of Indian Submarines at Mazgaon Dock, Bombay.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.