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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 |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 3/25/1998 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99. |
| 8/18/1997 | Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched. |
| 5/27/1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March. |
| 2/11/1993 | Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 8/3/1780 | British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya. |
| 3/4/1961 | First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast. |
| 12/28/1990 | Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India. |
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