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Historical Event on 11/8/1999
The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
| 1/7/1990 | President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 5/28/1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 1/27/1995 | Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port. |
| 12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
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