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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 |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 2/7/1981 | 61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 12/4/1998 | Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition. |
| 6/24/1946 | Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
| 9/1/1999 | Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 2/11/1996 | Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
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