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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 12/4/1997 | Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next. |
| 12/7/1782 | Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur. |
| 3/29/1982 | Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 5/11/1991 | Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
| 2/9/1946 | Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours. |
| 2/8/1948 | Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'. |
| 1/17/1908 | Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
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