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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 |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 4/2/1991 | Haryana Governor recommends President's rule. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 12/20/1990 | India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
| 1/25/1914 | Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. |
| 4/2/1994 | Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
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