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Historical Event on 12/8/1999
Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1973 | Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994. |
| 4/26/1995 | Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 9/22/1994 | G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died. |
| 4/30/1999 | Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant. |
| 5/6/1971 | D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77). |
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