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Historical Event on 8/7/1991
India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 9/29/1755 | Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India |
| 3/12/1991 | Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate. |
| 6/27/1964 | Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum. |
| 10/18/1968 | Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur. |
| 1/21/1945 | Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60. |
| 4/23/1938 | Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 1/8/1992 | D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
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