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Historical Event on 8/11/1999

The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
11/9/1967Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded.