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Historical Event on 12/4/1999

A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.