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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.