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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
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.