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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
3/10/1999Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.