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Historical Event on 3/10/1999

Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.