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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 |
| 4/15/1890 | Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 2/1/1944 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born. |
| 9/26/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 10/15/1932 | First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines) |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana. |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
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