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Historical Event on 12/31/1999

This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
3/24/1902Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.