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Historical Event on 5/10/1999
Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 8/1/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 8/16/1946 | Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans. |
| 7/23/1996 | R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date. |
| 3/10/1995 | Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died. |
| 3/10/1995 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 7/30/1883 | Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
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