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Historical Event on 11/3/1999

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
9/10/1920Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.