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Historical Event on 3/7/1999
22 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 12/4/1919 | Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan). |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
| 1/29/1939 | Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 8/20/1997 | Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 2/15/1948 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
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