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Historical Event on 2/8/1999

Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
4/13/1851Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
4/13/1851Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.