October3

Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.

Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.

Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.

Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.

Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.

Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.

Britishers captured Mysore.

India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.

Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic.

India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.

India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.

Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.

Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.

Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.

India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.

Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.

Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.

Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.

Republican Party of India established.

National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.

Second phase of UP polling.

Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.