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Historical Event on 12/13/1999

The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
10/24/1984First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
3/11/1915Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
7/17/1992Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.