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Historical Event on 5/3/1999

Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.