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Historical Event on 5/3/1999
Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1972 | International Airports Authority of India established. |
| 10/3/1903 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born. |
| 11/24/1926 | Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'. |
| 11/16/1915 | Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 12/24/1932 | The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 10/15/1676 | King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay. |
| 11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
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