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Historical Event on 7/1/1999

The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
10/15/1866Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
11/25/1879Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.