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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 |
| 7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 6/1/1992 | S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93). |
| 3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 4/22/1942 | The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur. |
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