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Historical Event on 12/31/1999

This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
8/10/1993Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
8/1/1994Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana