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Historical Event on 6/3/1999

Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
10/9/1978Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.