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Historical Event on 10/3/1999

Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah