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Historical Event on 3/1/1993

India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
3/25/1983Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.