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Historical Event on 4/3/1999

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
10/29/1920Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
2/1/1944Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.