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Historical Event on 5/3/1999
Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
| 12/19/1945 | Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
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