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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 |
| 11/30/2000 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 1/27/1948 | Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 12/12/2000 | J.H. Patel, (71), senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, died in Bangalore. |
| 11/16/1992 | Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
| 2/14/1929 | Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. |
| 10/13/1971 | Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born. |
| 12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
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