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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
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
7/10/1992Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.