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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.

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10/27/1969	Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
9/11/1824	Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
12/6/1946	Homeguard Organination was established.
8/20/1986	A restructured 20-point programme announced.
2/15/1869	Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
6/11/1991	Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
4/16/1853	The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
3/12/1930	Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
12/23/1954	Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
1/19/1985	Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.

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Historical Event on 12/16/1999 The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.

Historical Event on 12/16/1999
The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.