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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
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.