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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 |
| 11/3/1933 | Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal). |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 2/26/1975 | Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad. |
| 7/18/1993 | Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 12/5/1931 | Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born. |
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