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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
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.