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Historical Event on 8/11/1999
The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1875 | Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 11/9/1998 | India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
| 3/21/1934 | Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born. |
| 3/30/1949 | New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister. |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
| 11/25/1948 | National Cadet Corps was first established. |
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