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Historical Event on 7/2/1999

Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
9/17/1956Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
2/18/1925Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
3/9/1858Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.