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Historical Event on 8/3/1998

India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
5/12/1999Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.