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Historical Event on 4/3/1999

India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
6/30/1999India reiterates that any talks will resume only after Pakistan's unconditional withdrawal from Kargil. Meanwhile Indian Army continues to attack the Tiger Hill area and captures two positions in close proximity to Jubar features. The Election Commission says that Lok Sabha polls will be held as per schedule.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.