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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
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.