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Historical Event on 12/1/1999

Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
9/6/1993Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
12/22/1992Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.
9/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.