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Historical Event on 7/1/1999

The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
11/8/1919Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.