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Historical Event on 11/2/1999

BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.