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Historical Event on 8/7/1991

India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
2/28/1989S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
8/2/1987Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).