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Historical Event on 12/9/1999

Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
1/12/1869Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.