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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
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
1/6/1959Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.