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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
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
1/15/1998Saint Namdev passed away.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.