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Historical Event on 1/11/1999

Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.