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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
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
11/25/1999Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.