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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
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
8/6/1920Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.
9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
3/3/1939Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.