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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.

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2/7/1922	Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
11/23/1991	India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
12/17/1970	Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
11/15/1998	Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
12/3/1971	Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
2/23/1997	Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
10/21/1999	B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
1/8/1968	The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
3/11/1971	Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
2/23/1908	Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.

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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.

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.