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Historical Event on 10/3/2000

India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.