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Historical Event on 3/5/1999
The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
9/11/1993 | Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi. |
12/10/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. |
5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
10/26/1886 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born. |
7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
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