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Historical Event on 10/3/1999

India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.