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Historical Event on 9/3/1999
Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
| 5/10/1857 | India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 2/9/1984 | Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras. |
| 4/2/1942 | Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet. |
| 4/2/1942 | Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away. |
| 10/19/1920 | Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
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