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Historical Event on 4/3/1999

India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
4/23/1991Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.