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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 |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 11/14/1995 | Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court. |
| 6/26/1983 | Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat. |
| 8/25/2000 | Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 10/14/1953 | Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 6/26/1982 | First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay). |
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