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Historical Event on 8/11/1999
The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1993 | Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died. |
| 2/14/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor. |
| 10/16/1999 | Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 2/21/1899 | Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 1/10/1993 | India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 5/28/1970 | All India Trade Union Congress was divided. |
| 9/1/1942 | Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
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