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Historical Event on 11/1/1999

H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.
9/22/1992Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.