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Historical Event on 7/1/1999

K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
3/12/1944No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.