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Historical Event on 10/3/1999

India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.