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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
2/1/1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.