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Historical Event on 1/1/1999

George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.

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9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
11/30/1909Ramesh Chandra died.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.