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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 |
| 5/5/1903 | Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 8/4/1997 | Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. |
| 12/14/1999 | India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 8/3/1886 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 10/9/1942 | Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail. |
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